Woodhouse reprised: accident compensation and trans-Tasman integration
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Mortensen, Reid. 2013. "Woodhouse reprised: accident compensation and trans-Tasman integration." Journal of Private International Law. 9 (1), pp. 1-38. https://doi.org/10.5235/17441048.9.1.1
| Article Title | Woodhouse reprised: accident compensation and trans-Tasman integration |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 33531 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | |
| Author | Mortensen, Reid |
| Editors | Beaumont, Paul and Harris, Jonathan |
| Journal Title | Journal of Private International Law |
| Journal Citation | 9 (1), pp. 1-38 |
| Number of Pages | 38 |
| Year | 2013 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Place of Publication | Oxford, United Kingdom |
| ISSN | 1744-1048 |
| 1757-8418 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.5235/17441048.9.1.1 |
| Web Address (URL) | http://www.hartjounals.co.uk/JPrivIntL/notes.html |
| Abstract | Australia and New Zealand have created a single civil judicial area, which gives all courts in each country a complete adjudicative jurisdiction and a barely qualified enforcement jurisdiction throughout the whole trans-Tasman market area. The risk of concurrent proceedings and incompatible judgments is minimised only by the power of courts to stay proceedings on the ground of forum non conveniens or when enforcing a choice-of-court agreement. The scheme rests on the 'strikingly similar' quality of the two countries' legal systems. However, New Zealand's Accident Compensation Act 2001 maintains a unique, comprehensive no-fault compensation scheme for accidents which also prohibits all court-based claims for compensation for personal injuries. It is 'strikingly dissimilar' to the common law systems of personal injuries compensation found in the Australian states. And, given that the Australian common law systems are often much more generous in the awards given for personal injuries, the New Zealand scheme has been a significant motivation for New Zealanders' forum shopping in Australia. This does not appear to have been addressed well by the new trans-Tasman scheme for civil jurisdiction. The article considers the confounding role that the Accident Compensation Act may continue to play in trans-Tasman civil jurisdiction, and its implications for the principles of forum conveniens, choice-of-law and the enforcement of personal injuries awards between Australia and New Zealand. |
| Keywords | private international law; trans-Tasman; accident compensation; New Zealand; personal injuries |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 480504. Legal institutions (incl. courts and justice systems) |
| 440808. International relations | |
| 480303. Conflict of laws (incl. private international law) | |
| Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Law |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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