Osborne v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development - [2010] 1 NZLR 559

Criminal practice and procedure — Reparation — Whether court-ordered reparation precluded victim from recovering overpayments — Whether issue estoppel when sentencing court found accused could not make reparation — Sentencing Act 2002, s 38(2).

Social security, pensions and superannuation — Social security benefits — Relevance of reparation ordered in criminal proceeding to decision of chief executive to recover overpaid benefit — Whether power not to recover overpaid benefit discretionary — Social Security Act 1964, s 86(1).

Social security, pensions and superannuation — Appeals — Whether Social Security Appeal Authority can hear appeals from refusal of Benefits Review Committee to hear application made out of time — Social Security Act 1964, ss 10A and 12J.