22 Jul 2019
TAYLOR v THE SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL AUTHORITY [2019] NZHC 1718
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 1718
- Court
- High Court
Claims against the Minister, Consumer NZ and the Ombudsman are struck out: Minister and Consumer NZ because no reviewable exercise of public power or reasonable prospect on pleaded facts; Ombudsman because statutory immunity in ss 25 and 26 bars judicial review of decision not to investigate. Claims against the Authority that collaterally attack its April 2015 decision are struck out as abuse of process; remaining challenges to Authority pre-hearing direction and to the Ministry (notably alleged fettering by applying a 15% methodology without reconsideration) are not struck out and may procee…