2 September 2024
[FYI request #27209 email]
Kia ora Anthony
Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-033633
Thank you for your email of 9 July 2024, requesting information under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act). Your request is an amendment of your official information request of 11 June 2024, which asked
the following:
1/ Please disclose the number of High Court Hearings that have been Initiated by Claimants in taking the
ACC to the High Court for respective years 2010 to date 2/ Please disclose the number of High Court Hearings that have been Initiated by Claimants in taking the
ACC to the High Court for respective years 2010 to date that have resulted in Favor of the ACC ie
Claimant lost 3/ Please disclose the number of High Court Hearings that have been Initiated by Claimants in taking the
ACC to the High Court for respective years 2010 to date that have resulted in Favor of the ACC Where the
ACC has been Awarded Court Costs to be Paid by Claimant
Your amended request of 9 July 2024 asks for this information, but for the past five years only.
On 6 August we extended the time limit for our decision on your request to 3 September 2024. We have
now completed our work on your request, and our response is provided below.
Our response
The information we are providing for your request is in the table below. This information has been
extracted from data held in our Legal Services systems. The information provided reflects how information
about appeals is recorded in our systems.
The below table comprises of decisions by the High Court in relation to both substantive hearings (S) and
applications for leave to appeal (L).
•
Leave: appeals to the High Court can be heard only with the leave of the court. Decisions that only
addressed whether leave should be granted are categorised as leave decisions.
•
Substantive: decisions that address the question of law raised by the appellant are categorised as
substantive decisions.
These all relate to appeals against decisions by the District Court under Part 5 of the Accident
Compensation Act 2001. It does not include other High Court matters where ACC was involved (for
example, Judicial Review proceedings).
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Accident Compensation Act 2001 Part 5 appeals from 2019 to 2024 YTD- High Court
Calendar year
Decisions
Substantive or
Was ACC
Decisions on
Number
issued
leave? (S or L)
successful?
which ACC
initiated by
sought costs?
ACC
2019
26
7S,19L
20
Nil
3
2020
4
1S, 3L
4
Nil
Nil
2021
5
2S, 3L
4
Nil
1
2022
13
5S, 8L
8
Nil
1
2023
15
2S, 13L
13
1
Nil
2024 YTD
3
3L
3
Nil
Nil
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public ACC may publish a copy of this response on ACC’s website. All requester data, including your name and
contact details, will be removed prior to release. The released response will be made available
www.acc.co.nz/resources/#/category/12 If you have any questions about this response, please get in touch
You can email me at
[email address]. If you are not happy with this response, you can also contact the Ombudsman via
[email address] or by phoning 0800 802 602. Information about how to make a complaint
is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. Ngā mihi
Christopher Johnston
Manager Official Information Act Services
Government Engagement
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