8 May 2015
EM v ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION [2015] NZHC 971
- Citation
- [2015] NZHC 971
- Court
- High Court
The claim was struck out because it was barred by s317 of the Accident Compensation Act 2001: the losses claimed arise from a statutory entitlement to attendant care and remedies are confined to the ACC regime; no novel common law duty of care to a third‑party caregiver to recover pure economic loss should be imposed given the legislative scheme and public policy considerations.