New Zealand Law and Practice Examination/Law of Torts

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Contents

[edit] Accident Compensation

[edit] Statutes

[edit] Injury Prevention Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2001

[edit] Accident Compensation Act 1972

[edit] Accident Compensation Act 1982

[edit] Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992

[edit] Accident Insurance Act 1998

[edit] Accident Insurance Amendment Act 2000

[edit] Cases

[edit] G v Auckland Hospital Board [1976] 1 NZLR 638

[edit] Walbutton v ACC

  • Held
An accident is an event that is not intended by the person who suffers the misfortune.

[edit] Donselaar v Donselaar

[edit] Willis v AG

[edit] ACC v Mitchell

  • Held
There is no need to show that an accident is caused by some external force. (Reversed by s3(a) 1992 Act)

[edit] ACC v F

  • Facts
Husband sued for depression brought on by wife's injury.
  • Held
While the husband's depression was an unlooked for mishap, the husband’s injury was not the relevant accident and mental injury must accompany physical injury.

[edit] ACC v E

[edit] QLDC v Palmer

[edit] McGrory v Ansett NZ

[edit] Harrild v Director of Proceedings

[edit] Sivasubramanium v Yarrall

[edit] Jordan v ACC

[edit] ACC v Booth

[edit] ACC v Auckland Health Board

[edit] MacDonald v ACC (1985) 5 NZAR 276

[edit] Green v Matheson

[edit] Polansky v ACC

[edit] Childs v Hillock

[edit] Brownlie v Good Health Wanganui (2005) CA

  • Held
Non-treatment is as much medical misadventure as negligent treatment

[edit] A v Bottril [2003] 2 NZLR 721 (PC)

see A v Bottril

[edit] McDermott v Wallace

[edit] Articles

[edit] Negligence

[edit] Cases

[edit] Duty of Care

  • Anns v Merton LBC
  • South Pacific v NZ Security
  • Spring v Guardian Assocs
  • Midland Metals v ChCh Press
  • Rolls Royce v CHH

[edit] Auditors - Negligent Misstatement

  • Scott Group v McFarlane
  • Caparo v Dickman
  • Boyd Knight v Purdue

[edit] Auditors - Other

  • Price Waterhouse v Kwan
  • Deloitte Haskins & Sells v National Mutual Life
  • Wellington District Law Soc v PW

[edit] Council liability

  • Anns v Merton LBC
  • Bowen v Paramount Builders
  • Brown v Heathcote CC
  • Murphy v Brentwood DC
  • Invercargill CC v Hamlin
  • Three Meade St v Rotorua DC

[edit] Cases v Govt #1

  • X v Bedforshire CC (1995)
  • AG v Prince (1998)
  • Barrett v Enfield LBC (1999)
  • W v Essex CC (2000)

[edit] Cases v Govt #2

  • A-G v Carter (2003)
  • A-G v Body Corporate (2005)
  • Tai Hobson v A-G (2006)

[edit] Nervous Shock

  • Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire
  • Van Soest v Residentical Health Mgt Unit
  • W v Essex CC

[edit] Tort v Contractual Remedies

  • Henderson v Merrett Syndicates
  • Turton v Kuslake
  • Rolls Royce NZ v CH

[edit] Limitation Period

  • Invercargill CC v Hamlin


[edit] Nuisance

[edit] Private Nuisance

[edit] A-G v Geothermal Produce [1987] 2 NZLR 348

[edit] BNZ v Greenwood [1984] 1 NZLR 525

[edit] French v Auckland City Council [1974] 1 NZLR 340

[edit] Hunter v Canary Wharf] [1997] AC 655

Hunter v Canary Wharf

[edit] Public Nuisance

[edit] Rylands v Fletcher Nuisance

[edit] Rylands v Fletcher [1866] LR 1 Ex 265

[edit] Rickards v Lothian [1913] AC 263

  • Facts
An unknown person intentionally blocked a drain on the defendant's property causing water to overflow and damage the plaintiff's stock.
  • Held:

1. An exception to Rylands & Fletcher liability - a person is not responsible for the acts of third parties.

2. Water supply and conveniences are not non-natural uses.

[edit] Cambridge Water v Eastern Counties Leather [1994] 2 WLR 53

[edit] Hamilton v Papakura District Council [2000] 1 NZLR 265

see Hamilton v Papakura District Council

[edit] Transco PLC v Stockport MBC [2004] 2 AC 1

see Transco PLC v Stockport MBC

[edit] Defamation

[edit] Statutes

[edit] Cases

  • Charleston v News Group Newspapers Ltd [1995] 2 AC 65
  • Mount Cook Group Ltd v Johnstone Motors [1990] 2 NZLR 488
  • Templeton v Jones [1984] 1 NZLR 448
  • Prebble v TVNZ [1994] 3 NZLR 1
  • Jennings v Buchanan [2005] 2 NZLR 577
  • Lange v Atkinson [1998] 3 NZLR 424 (CA)
  • Reynolds v Times Newspapers [1999] 4 All ER 609 (HL)
  • Lange v Atkinson [2000] 1 NZLR 257 (PC)
  • Lange v Atkinson [2000] 3 NZLR 385 (CA)
  • Vickery v McLean (2000) unreported, Court of Appeal, CA 125/00

[edit] Privacy

  • Hosking v Runting [2005] 1 NZLR 1
  • TVNZ v Haines (2005), CA 71/04

[edit] Vicarious Liability

  • S v Attorney-General [2003] 3 NZLR 450 (CA)
  • W v Attorney-General (2003) unreported, CA 227/02

[edit] See also

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