New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Section 161(3)

Legal area

Court

19 Mar 2015

Tunnicliffe v Accident Compensation Corporation

Citation

[2015] NZACC 69
Court

District Court

The appellant failed to maintain contact with counsel, failed to comply with the court's direction to notify the Registrar by the specified date and therefore did not prosecute the appeal with due diligence; dismissal under s161(3)(b) was warranted.
2 May 2007

Coates v Accident Compensation Corporation

Citation

[2007] NZACC 83
Court

District Court

The appeal was struck out under section 161(3) of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2001 because the appellant failed to appear and the appeal was not being prosecuted despite registry notice.