Taylor v Roper - [2022] 2 NZLR 671

Practice and procedure — Recall application — Failing to direct Court to relevant legislative provision — Sexual assault and false imprisonment claims — Judgment given in civil action for compensatory damages — Whether false imprisonment claims captured by provision of accident compensation legislation — Cover for work-related mental injury — Sexual assault and false imprisonment of applicant while employed by RNZAF — Accident Compensation Act 2001.

Accident compensation — Cover — Cover for work-related mental injury — False imprisonment — Whether false imprisonment was sudden or gradual process — Whether single incident — Whether provision prospective only — “Sudden” — “Accident” — Sexual assault and false imprisonment of applicant while employed by RNZAF — Limitation Act 1950.