17 Dec 1999
Mt Hutt Skifields v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1999] NZACC 377
- Court
- District Court
The court held that although 'place of employment' has a broad statutory definition, it must be interpreted practically in context; where the employee's contract and duties were confined to the workshop, the entire skifield was not the place of employment for the purposes of the Act, and the injury sustained while engaging in personal recreation on a lunch break occurred outside the place of employment and therefore was not a work injury.