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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe <[FOI #27519 email]>
Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2024 6:23 AM
To: [Ministry of Justice request email]
Subject: Official Information request - ACC District Court Statistics
 
Dear Ministry of Justice,
 
I am a NZ citizen. This is an OIA request.
 
Thank you for publishing many of your statistics on your website; however,
I can't find statistical information about ACC appeals.
 
Request 1: For each year from 2014 to present, the number of appeals to
the District Court where the appellant was:
(a)     ACC;
(b)     a claimant or multiple claimants;
(c)     a claimant's employer or employer and claimant(s);
(d)     a levy payer or levy payer and claimant(s).
 
Request 2: For each year from 2014 to present, the number of appeals to
the District Court found in favour of the appellant, and the appellant
was:
(a)     ACC;
(b)     a claimant or multiple claimants;
(c)     a claimant's employer or employer and claimant(s);
(d)     a levy payer or levy payer and claimant(s).
 
Request 3: For each year from 2014 to present, the number of appeals to
the District Court where the claimant was:
(a)     Self-represented an not a lawyer;
(b)     Self represented and a lawyer;
(c)     Represented or supported by a lay advocate - that is a person who
was not an advocate by profession such as a family member, friend or other
whanau support;
(d)     Represented by an ACC funded professional advocate (e.g., one of
ACC’s Navigation Service providers);
(e)     Represented by a professional advocate not funded by ACC;
(f)     Represented by a lawyer.
 
Request 4: For each year from 2014 to present, the number of appeals to
the District Court found in favour of the claimant, where the claimant
was:
(a)     Self-represented and not a lawyer;
(b)     Self-represented and a lawyer;
(c)     Represented or supported by a lay advocate;
(d)     Represented by an ACC funded professional advocate (e.g., one of
ACC’s Navigation Service providers);
(e)     Represented by a professional advocate not funded by ACC;
(f)     Represented by a lawyer.
 
Request 5: For each year from 2014 to present, the number of appeals to
the District Court where an appeal to the High Court was sought by:
(a)     ACC, as the unsuccessful party in the District Court appeal;
(b)     ACC, as the successful party in the District Court appeal;
(c)     a claimant who was a lay litigant and was the unsuccessful party
in the District Court appeal;
(d)     a claimant who was a lay litigant and was the successful party in
the District Court appeal;
(e)     a claimant who was represented by a lay advocate, and was the
unsuccessful party in the District Court appeal;
(f)     a claimant who was represented by a lay advocate, and was the
successful party in the District Court appeal;
(g)     a claimant who was represented by an ACC funded advocate, and was
the unsuccessful party in the District Court appeal;
(h)     a claimant who was represented by an ACC funded advocate, and was
the successful party in the District Court appeal;
(i)     a claimant who was represented by a professional advocate not
funded by ACC, and was the unsuccessful party in the District Court
appeal;
(j)     a claimant who was represented by a professional advocate not
funded by ACC, and was the successful party in the District Court appeal;
(k)     a claimant who was represented by a lawyer, and was the
unsuccessful party in the District Court appeal;
(l)     a claimant who was represented lawyer, and was the successful
party in the District Court appeal.
 
Request 6: For each category in Request 5(a)-(l), please state the number
of appeals to the High Court that were granted by the District Court to
the applicant.
 
If this information is on your website, or available online through
another Ministry website, please provide those links. Please provide the
information in a searchable pdf format, uploaded to this website.
 
Thank you in advance.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Joe
 
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Ngā mihi,

Communications Services
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