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Ruka v Department of Social Welfare     109

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text		Citation Index
Thomas v Ministry of Social Development	[2024] NZHRRT 63	New Zealand Human Rights Review Tribunal	New Zealand	4 Dec 2024	NZLII
Kriel v R	[2024] NZCA 45	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	6 Mar 2024	NZLII		11
X v Commissioner of Inland Revenue	[2023] NZTRA 1	New Zealand Taxation Review Authority	New Zealand	17 Oct 2023	NZLII
Mullen v Pope	[2021] NZFC 13019	Family Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	23 Dec 2021	NZLII
Anderson v Police	[2021] NZHC 3480	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	15 Dec 2021	NZLII
Rutherford v Canterbury Regional Council	[2021] NZHC 1506; [2021] ELRNZ 868	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	24 Jun 2021	NZLII		2
Kloogh v Serious Fraud Office	[2020] NZHC 3397	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	17 Dec 2020	NZLII
Murdoch v Police	[2019] NZHC 3446	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	19 Dec 2019	NZLII
Commissioner of Police v Cotton	[2019] NZHC 1580	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	8 Jul 2019	NZLII
Taylor v R	[2018] NZCA 498; [2019] 2 NZLR 38	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	13 Nov 2018	NZLII		9
An appeal against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee	[2018] NZSSAA 51	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	12 Oct 2018	NZLII		1
An appeal against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee	[2018] NZSSAA 47	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	27 Sep 2018	NZLII
An appeal against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee	[2018] NZSSAA 38	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	31 Jul 2018	NZLII		1
An appeal against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee	[2018] NZSSAA 39	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	31 Jul 2018	NZLII		1
Moon v Public Trust (as trustee and executor of Estate of Doyle)	[2018] NZHC 1169; [2018] NZFLR 491	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	23 May 2018	NZLII		3
An appeal against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee	[2018] NZSSAA 14	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	14 Mar 2018	NZLII
Commissioner of Police v Drake	[2017] NZHC 2919	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	27 Nov 2017	NZLII		15
Martinson v Police	[2017] NZHC 2830	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	17 Nov 2017	NZLII		2
An appeal against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee	[2017] NZSSAA 62	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	20 Oct 2017	NZLII		1
Harrison v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development	[2017] NZHC 2041	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	24 Aug 2017	NZLII		1
Clancy v Inland Revenue Department	[2017] NZHC 2029	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	23 Aug 2017	NZLII		2
An appeal against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee	[2017] NZSSAA 31	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	28 Jun 2017	NZLII
Walker v R	[2017] NZCA 188	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	19 May 2017	NZLII		4
Cameron v R	[2016] NZCA 536	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	11 Nov 2016	NZLII		1
An appeal against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee	[2016] NZSSAA 84	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	29 Aug 2016	NZLII		1
Ministry of Social Development v Cleary	[2016] NZDC 3095	District Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	18 Mar 2016	NZLII		1
Ministry of Social Development v Marks	[2016] NZDC 1741	District Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	2 Mar 2016	NZLII		1
In re S	[2015] NZSSAA 84	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	13 Nov 2015	NZLII		2
Cameron v R	[2015] NZCA 363	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	11 Aug 2015	NZLII		8
Guinness v Police	[2015] NZHC 883	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	30 Apr 2015	NZLII		22
An appeal against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee	[2015] NZSSAA 26	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	20 Apr 2015	NZLII
An appeal against a decision of the Chief Executive, Ministry of Social Development	[2015] NZSAAA 1	Student Allowance Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	30 Jan 2015	NZLII
Matia v Ministry of Social Development	[2014] NZHC 2759	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	6 Nov 2014	NZLII		2
Re SSA 138/13	[2014] NZSSAA 84	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	17 Oct 2014	NZLII		1
Navaratnam v Ministry of Social Development	[2014] NZHC 1538	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	3 Jul 2014	NZLII
D v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development	[2014] NZHC 1392	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	19 Jun 2014	NZLII		1
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2014] NZSSAA 32	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	20 May 2014	NZLII
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2014] NZSSAA 8	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	17 Mar 2014	NZLII
Morgan v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development	[2014] NZHC 421	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	10 Mar 2014	NZLII		2
Koroua v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development	[2013] NZHC 3418	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	17 Dec 2013	NZLII		13
Campbell v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development	[2013] NZHC 3381	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	16 Dec 2013	NZLII		4
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2013] NZSSAA 90	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	12 Nov 2013	NZLII
B v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development	[2013] NZCA 410; [2013] NZAR 1309	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	2 Sep 2013	NZLII		7
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2013] NZSSAA 60	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	13 Jun 2013	NZLII
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2013] NZSSAA 48	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	20 May 2013	NZLII
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2012] NZSSAA 91	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	27 Nov 2012	NZLII
Breen v Housing New Zealand	[2012] NZHC 1118	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	24 May 2012	NZLII		1
A v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development	[2012] NZHC 1036; [2012] NZAR 810	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	11 May 2012	NZLII
Harlen v Ministry of Social Development	[2012] NZHC 669; [2012] NZAR 491	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	4 Apr 2012	NZLII		17
DM v MP	[2012] NZHC 503; [2012] NZFLR 385	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	22 Mar 2012	NZLII		15
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2012] NZSSAA 7	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	20 Feb 2012	NZLII
Davidson v R	[2011] NZCA 356	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	29 Jul 2011	NZLII		37
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2010] NZSSAA 86	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	17 Dec 2010	NZLII
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2010] NZSSAA 59	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	20 Aug 2010	NZLII
Kozarova v Secretary, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations	[2009] FMCA 888; (2009) 234 FLR 304	Federal Magistrates Court of Australia	Australia	10 Sep 2009	AustLII		2
Osborne v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development	[2009] NZHC 930; [2010] 1 NZLR 559	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	31 Aug 2009	NZLII		46
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2009] NZSSAA 48	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	14 Jul 2009	NZLII
Goh v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development HC AK CIV 2008-485-2391	[2009] NZHC 1896	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	30 Jun 2009	NZLII
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2009] NZSSAA 17	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	20 Apr 2009	NZLII		1
Ghanbari v Ministry of Social Development HC Ak Cri 2007-404-0004	[2008] NZHC 1361	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	2 Sep 2008	NZLII
Cowley v Ministry of Social Development HC WN Civ-2008-485-381	[2008] NZHC 1349	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	1 Sep 2008	NZLII
Nicola Bronwyn Hayes v R	[2008] NZSC 3; [2008] 2 NZLR 321; (2008) 23 CRNZ 720	Supreme Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	15 Feb 2008	NZLII		48
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2007] NZSSAA 86	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	10 Oct 2007	NZLII
N Ratapu v Ministry of Social Dev HC Gis Cri 2006-082-3268	[2007] NZHC 948	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	25 Sep 2007	NZLII
Alexander v Ministry of Social Development HC WN Cri 2006-485-143	[2007] NZHC 294	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	16 Apr 2007	NZLII
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2007] NZSSAA 18	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	9 Mar 2007	NZLII
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2006] NZSSAA 54	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	10 Aug 2006	NZLII
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2006] NZSSAA 16	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	13 Apr 2006	NZLII
Legal Aid Review Panel Decision No 188/06	[2006] NZLARP 42		New Zealand	17 Mar 2006	NZLII
G v R (Spousal Maintenance)	[2006] NZFC 16	Family Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	26 Jan 2006	NZLII
R v Cattermole CA 94/05	[2005] NZCA 365	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	15 Sep 2005	NZLII
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2005] NZSSAA 72	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	21 Jun 2005	NZLII
An appeal against a decision of the Chief Executive, Ministry of Social Development	[2004] NZSAAA 57	Student Allowance Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	21 Oct 2004	NZLII
McLean v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development HC Christchurch CIV-2003-485-2762	[2004] NZHC 2060	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	2 Jul 2004	NZLII
Creeks v R	[2004] NZCA 94	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	23 Jun 2004	NZLII
Warnock v Director-General of Social Welfare	[2003] NZHC 754; [2004] NZAR 274	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	31 Oct 2003	NZLII		1
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2003] NZSSAA 141	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	18 Sep 2003	NZLII
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[2003] NZSSAA 63	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	21 May 2003	NZLII
An appeal against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee	[2001] NZSSAA 135	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	26 Sep 2001	NZLII
D v C	[2001] NZCA 324; (2001) 15 PRNZ 474; (2002) 20 NZTC 17,548	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	20 Aug 2001	NZLII		8
R v Thomas	[2001] NZCA 418	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	7 Jun 2001	NZLII
Chief Executive of the Department of Work and Income v Vicary HC Wellington AP158/00	[2001] NZHC 276	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	11 Apr 2001	NZLII		1
An Appeal against a Decision of the Auckland District Legal Services Subcommittee	[2000] NZLARA 222		New Zealand	24 Nov 2000	NZLII
R v Alice Faye Batt	[2000] NZCA 151	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	3 Aug 2000	NZLII
Battered Defendants: Victims of Domestic Violence Who Offend	[2000] NZLC PP 41		New Zealand	circa 2000	NZLII
Ross and Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs	[1999] AATA 965	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	17 Dec 1999	AustLII		1
Brown v Accident Rehabilitation & Compensation Insurance Corporation HC Auckland A 121/99	[1999] NZHC 845	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	9 Dec 1999	NZLII
Lane Group Ltd v Night 'N' Day Foodstores Ltd	[1999] NZCA 179	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	6 Sep 1999	NZLII
Osland v R	[1998] HCA 75; (1998) 197 CLR 316; (1998) 159 ALR 170; (1998) 73 ALJR 173; (1998) 20 Leg Rep C1	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	10 Dec 1998	AustLII		436
R v Firth CA242/97	[1997] NZCA 508; [1998] 1 NZLR 513; (1997) 15 CRNZ 406	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	19 Dec 1997	NZLII		22
An appeal against a decision of the Benefits Review Committee	[1997] NZSSAA 136	Social Security Appeal Authority of New Zealand	New Zealand	17 Dec 1997	NZLII
R v Knight	[1997] NZCA 536; [1998] 1 NZLR 583; (1997) 16 FRNZ 290; (1997) 15 CRNZ 332	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	20 Nov 1997	NZLII		196
Succession Law: Homicidal Heirs	[1997] NZLCR 38		New Zealand	circa 1997	NZLII
Ruka v Department of Social Welfare	[1996] ICHRL 72	Interights Commonwealth Human Rights Law	International	1 Oct 1996	WorldLII

Law Reform Reports Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title	Citation(s)	Author	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text		Citation Index
Second Review of the Evidence Act 2006	[2018] NZLCIP 42	New Zealand Law Commission - Issues Papers	New Zealand	circa 2018	NZLII
Dividing relationship property: time for change?	[2017] NZLCIP 41	New Zealand Law Commission - Issues Papers	New Zealand	circa 2017	NZLII
- Project 97 - A review of the law of homicide - Final Report	[2007] WALRC 1	Western Australian Law Reform Commission	Australia - Western Australia	circa 2007	AustLII
- Project 97 - A review of the law of homicide	[2007] WALRC 100	Western Australian Law Reform Commission	Australia - Western Australia	circa 2007	AustLII
Battered Defendants: Victims of Domestic Violence Who Offend	[2000] NZLC PP 41		New Zealand	circa 2000	NZLII
Succession Law: Homicidal Heirs	[1997] NZLCR 38		New Zealand	circa 1997	NZLII

Law Journal Articles Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title	Citation(s)	Author	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text		Citation Index
"Digging Through its "Dirty Laundry": an Interrogation of the Ministry of Social Development's Determinations of Benefit Recipients' Relationship Status"	(2021) 27 Auckland University Law Review 123	Gavey, Rosa	New Zealand	circa 2021	NZLII
"Book review - Feminist judgments of Aotearoa New Zealand. Te rino : a two-stranded rope edited by Elisabeth McDonald, Rhonda Powell, Mâ ri Stephens and Rosemary Hunter"	(2018) 15 Otago Law Review 317	High, Dr Anna	New Zealand	circa 2018	NZLII
"Finding Certainty in Determining whether a "De facto Relationship" Exists: An Impossible Task?"	(2015) 21 Canterbury Law Review 112	Liao, Zhixiong	New Zealand	circa 2015	NZLII		1
"Seeking the Common Good or Just Making Us Be Good? Recent Amendment to New Zealand's Social Security Law"	[2013] VUWLawRw 16	Stephens, Mamari	New Zealand	circa 2013	NZLII
"The Legal World of Unmarried Couples: Reflections on 'de Facto Relationships' in Recent New Zealand Legislation"	[2008] VUWLawRw 44	Atkin, Bill	New Zealand	circa 2008	NZLII
"Lone Parents and Social Security"	[2005] VUWLawRw 1	Hughes, John	New Zealand	circa 2005	NZLII
"Determining a Relationship in the Nature of Marriage: the Impact of Ruka on the Department of Work and Income's Conjugal Status Policy"	[2001] VUWLawRw 48	Wiseman, Jessica	New Zealand	circa 2001	NZLII
"Battered Woman's Syndrome and Interdependence as Factors in Establishing Conjugal Status in Social Security Law"	(1999) 7 Waikato Law Review 104	Hughes, John	New Zealand	circa 1999	NZLII		2
"Fairness and Certainty in Adjudication: Formalism v Substantialism"	(1999) 9 Otago Law Review 459	Thomas, E W	New Zealand	circa 1999	NZLII		6
"Falling Short of the Challenge - A Comparative Assessment of the Australian Use of Expert Evidence on the Battered Woman Syndrome"	(1999) 23 Melbourne University Law Review 709	Stubbs, Julie; Tolmie, Julia	Australia	circa 1999	AustLII		13
"Ability to Pay in New Zealand's Tax System"	[1997] VUWLawRw 33	Gunnarsson, Asa	New Zealand	circa 1997	NZLII

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text		Citation Index
R v Oakes	[1995] 2 NZLR 673		New Zealand	circa 1995	LexisNexis		22
[1995] Ca 517/94	[1995] CA 517/94			circa 1995			1
Thompson v Department of Social Welfare	[1993] NZHC 2044; [1994] 2 NZLR 369; (1993) 11 FRNZ 402	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	25 Nov 1993	NZLII		52
R v Gordon	[1993] NZCA 388; (1993) 10 CRNZ 430	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	circa 1993	NZLII		15
[1990] Ca 88/90	[1990] CA 88/90			circa 1990			1
Excell v Department of Social Welfare (DSW)	[1991] NZFLR 241; (1990) 7 FRNZ 239		New Zealand	circa 1990			29
R v Lavallee	[1990] CanLII 95		Canada	circa 1990	CanLII
[1989] Ca 284/89	[1989] CA 284/89			circa 1989			1
Lambe v Director-General of Social Services	[1981] FCA 171; (1981) 57 FLR 262; (1981) 38 ALR 405; (1981) 4 ALD 362; (1981) 3 ALN N72; (1981) 1 SSR 5	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	3 Nov 1981	AustLII		218
Re Proc and Minister of Community and Social Services	53 DLR (3d) 512; (1974) 6 OR 2d 624		Canada - Ontario	circa 1974			9
7 CR (4th) 97	7 CR (4th) 97		Canada	circa 1974			1