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Dawn Lorraine Greenfield v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development - SC 10/2015

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Summary

Civil Appeal – New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that significant physical presence in New Zealand is required for an applicant to be ‘ ordinarily resident in New Zealand’ within the meaning of the Act – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its treatment of the applicant’ s intention to resume living in New Zealand.[2014] NZCA 611    CA 351/2014

Result

The application for leave to appeal is granted (Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development v Greenfield [2014] NZCA 611). The approved ground is whether the Court of Appeal correctly interpreted the phrase “ordinarily resident in New Zealand” in s 8(a) of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001.
11 May 2015
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Appeal dismissed. No order as to costs.
24September 2015
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Application for recall dismissed.
27 October 2015

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Related Documents

Additional document — An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee [2013] NZSSAA 14 (18 February 2013)

Court of Appeal decision — THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT v GREENFIELD CA351/2014 [2014] NZCA 611 [12 December 2014]

Leave judgment - leave granted — DAWN LORRAINE GREENFIELD v THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT [2015] NZSC 57 [11 May 2015] (PDF 60 KB)

Substantive judgment — DAWN LORRAINE GREENFIELD v THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT [2015] NZSC 139 [24 September 2015] (PDF 196 KB)

Recall judgment — DAWN LORRAINE GREENFIELD v THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT [2015] NZSC 155 [27 October 2015] (PDF 66 KB)