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From: Joe

Dear Ministry of Justice,

I am a NZ citizen. This is an OIA request.

Thank you for publishing many of your statistics on your website; however, I can't find statistical information about ACC appeals.

Request 1: For each year from 2014 to present, the number of appeals to the District Court where the appellant was:
(a) ACC;
(b) a claimant or multiple claimants;
(c) a claimant's employer or employer and claimant(s);
(d) a levy payer or levy payer and claimant(s).

Request 2: For each year from 2014 to present, the number of appeals to the District Court found in favour of the appellant, and the appellant was:
(a) ACC;
(b) a claimant or multiple claimants;
(c) a claimant's employer or employer and claimant(s);
(d) a levy payer or levy payer and claimant(s).

Request 3: For each year from 2014 to present, the number of appeals to the District Court where the claimant was:
(a) Self-represented an not a lawyer;
(b) Self represented and a lawyer;
(c) Represented or supported by a lay advocate - that is a person who was not an advocate by profession such as a family member, friend or other whanau support;
(d) Represented by an ACC funded professional advocate (e.g., one of ACC’s Navigation Service providers);
(e) Represented by a professional advocate not funded by ACC;
(f) Represented by a lawyer.

Request 4: For each year from 2014 to present, the number of appeals to the District Court found in favour of the claimant, where the claimant was:
(a) Self-represented and not a lawyer;
(b) Self-represented and a lawyer;
(c) Represented or supported by a lay advocate;
(d) Represented by an ACC funded professional advocate (e.g., one of ACC’s Navigation Service providers);
(e) Represented by a professional advocate not funded by ACC;
(f) Represented by a lawyer.

Request 5: For each year from 2014 to present, the number of appeals to the District Court where an appeal to the High Court was sought by:
(a) ACC, as the unsuccessful party in the District Court appeal;
(b) ACC, as the successful party in the District Court appeal;
(c) a claimant who was a lay litigant and was the unsuccessful party in the District Court appeal;
(d) a claimant who was a lay litigant and was the successful party in the District Court appeal;
(e) a claimant who was represented by a lay advocate, and was the unsuccessful party in the District Court appeal;
(f) a claimant who was represented by a lay advocate, and was the successful party in the District Court appeal;
(g) a claimant who was represented by an ACC funded advocate, and was the unsuccessful party in the District Court appeal;
(h) a claimant who was represented by an ACC funded advocate, and was the successful party in the District Court appeal;
(i) a claimant who was represented by a professional advocate not funded by ACC, and was the unsuccessful party in the District Court appeal;
(j) a claimant who was represented by a professional advocate not funded by ACC, and was the successful party in the District Court appeal;
(k) a claimant who was represented by a lawyer, and was the unsuccessful party in the District Court appeal;
(l) a claimant who was represented lawyer, and was the successful party in the District Court appeal.

Request 6: For each category in Request 5(a)-(l), please state the number of appeals to the High Court that were granted by the District Court to the applicant.

If this information is on your website, or available online through another Ministry website, please provide those links. Please provide the information in a searchable pdf format, uploaded to this website.

Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Joe

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