AH v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
The court ordered suppression of the appellant's name and identifying details, restricted searching and copying of documents to the parties or their agents except by leave of the court, directed that the hearing of the appeal be in private, and adjourned the appeal sine die.
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- Citation
- [1997] NZACC 250
- Parties
- Appellant: AH; Respondent: Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Court
- District Court
- Jurisdiction
- New Zealand
- Judgment Date
- 2 December 1997
- Procedural Posture
- Appeal Under Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992 S91 / Interim Decision Adjourned Sine Die
- Outcome
- Appeal adjourned sine die; interim suppression and confidentiality orders made
- Legal Topics
- Appeal, Suppression Order, Private Hearing, Adjournment Sine Die
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Parties
AH
Appellant
Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Appeal Under Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992 S91 / Interim Decision Adjourned Sine Die
Legal Issues
- 1 Suppression of appellant's identity
- 2 Restriction on searching or copying documents in the proceedings
- 3 Conducting the hearing in private
Ratio Decidendi
The court ordered suppression of the appellant's name and identifying details, restricted searching and copying of documents to the parties or their agents except by leave of the court, directed that the hearing of the appeal be in private, and adjourned the appeal sine die.
Court Disposition
Appeal adjourned sine die; interim suppression and confidentiality orders made
Orders
- The appellant's name and all details which may lead to his identification are suppressed
- No documents in the proceedings are to be searched or copied other than by the parties or their agents except by leave of the Court
Full Case Text
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT HELD AT WELLINGTON Decision No. 250/97 UNDER The Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992 AND IN THE MATTER of an appeal pursuant to section 91 of the Act BETWEEN AH Appellant (Appeal No. DCA 54/97) AND ACCIDENT REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION INSURANCE CORPORATION a body corporate duly constituted under the provisions of the said Ac Respondent INTERIM DECISION OF JUDGE A W MIDDLETON This appeal is adjourned sine die. The Court hereby orders: 1. That the appellant's name and all details which may lead to his identification are suppressed; 2. No documents in the proceedings are to be searched or copied other than by the parties or their agents except by leave of the Court; 3. That the hearing of the appeal will be in private. DATED at WELLINGTON this and day of December , 1997 Grounddled A W Middleton District Court Judge dca5497.doc (nr)