Decisions by this Tribunal
Examples of decisions from the Human Rights Review Tribunal, including a link to most decisions from 2002.
Most of the Human Rights Review Tribunal's decisions since 2002 are available on the New Zealand Legal Information Institute website.
Below are some case examples, listed under the relevant Acts.
Decisions under the Privacy Act 1993
Pointu v Employrite [2002] NZHRRT 11 - confidentiality of a pre-employment reference
Hamilton v The Deanery 2000 Limited [2003] NZHRRT 28 - disclosure of personal health information
MacMillan v Department of Corrections [2004] NZHRRT 41 - access to personal information
Waugh v New Zealand Association of Counsellors [2005] NZHRRT 24 - access to personal information, correction and use
Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Richardson [2005] NZHRRT 36 – discovery of documents in Privacy Act claims
Stevenson v Hastings District Council [2006] NZHRRT 7 – collection of personal information
Herron v Spiers Group Limited [2006] NZHRRT 12 and in the High Court Herron v Speirs Group Limited (High Court, Auckland, CIV 2006-404-002277, 21 March 2007 per Andrews J, J Binns and D A Clapshaw) – use of information and whether interference with privacy established.
Yeo v McDowell [2006] NZHRRT 11 – disclosure of information and remedies
Dijkstra v Police [2006] NZHRRT 16 – access to personal information
Haydock v Gilligan Sheppard [2006] NZHRRT 31 – storage of personal information (in the High Court, see Haydock v Gilligan Sheppard (Auckland High Court, CIV 2007-404-2929, 11 September 2008 per Harrison J))
Lehmann v Canwest Radio Works Ltd [2006] NZHRRT 47 - collection of personal information, whether interference with privacy established
E F G v Police [2006] NZHRRT 49 - disclosure of personal information
Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Police [2007] NZHRRT 5 - disclosure of personal information; name suppression (in the High Court see Commissioner of Police v Director of Human Rights Proceedings (Wellington High Court, CIV 2007-485-000644, 2 October 2007 per Clifford J, S Ineson & A D Trlin))
Stoves v Police [2008] NZHRRT 30 - access to information (in the High Court see Stoves v Police (Christchurch High Court, CIV 2009-409-000011, 20 April 2009 per French J))
Decisions under the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
Director of Health and Disability Proceedings v A (Huang) [2003] NZHRRT 35
Director of Health and Disability Proceedings v Marks [2005] NZHRRT 37 (subsequently in the Court of Appeal see Marks v Director of Health and Disability Proceedings [2009] NZCA
Director of Health and Disability Proceedings v Peters [2006] NZHRRT 36
Director of Health and Disability Proceedings v Mogridge [2007] NZHRRT 27
Director of Health and Disability Proceedings v Wilson [2008] NZHRRT 1
Director of Health and Disability Proceedings v O'Malley [2009] NZHRRT 2
Decisions under the Human Rights Act 1993
Main v Topless [2004] NZHRRT 6 - sexual harassment
Williams v Pacific Plastic Recyclers Limited [2004] NZHRRT 47 - sexual harassment and the liability of employers/ employees
Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Smith [2004] NZHRRT 50 - sexual harassment
Smith v Air New Zealand [2005] NZHRRT 30 - discrimination on grounds of disability (in the High Court see Smith v Air New Zealand (Wellington High Court, CIV 2005-485-2198, 15 December 2008 per Clifford J))]
Lewis & Edwards v Talleys Fisheries Ltd. [2005] NZHRRT 19 - gender discrimination and victimisation (in the High Court see Talleys Fisheries v Lewis & Edwards (Wellington High Court, CIV 2005-485-1750, 14 June 2007 per Simon France J, S Ineson & A Trlin))
Howard v Attorney-General [2008] NZHRRT 10 - declaration of inconsistency.
Child Poverty Action Group Inc v Attorney-General [2008] NZHRRT 31 - Part 1A of the Human Rights Act
