A v Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington - [2008] 3 NZLR 289

Tort — Negligence — Duty of care — Social agency — Child placed in care of orphanage and Catholic Social Services by mother — Duty of care of social agency in loco parentis — Whether duty to protect child from physical and emotional harm — Whether vicarious liability for sexual abuse of child by foster parents — Child Welfare Amendment Act 1927, s 13.

Family and domestic relationships — Parent and child — Whether and for what agents for parents owed duties of care to child.

Accident compensation — Cover — Sexual abuse — Whether cover for sexual abuse after 1 April 1974 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001, ss 21A and 317.