Social Security Cases

Social Security Cases is a comprehensive topical database of more than 1,800 case records relating to social welfare law sourced from a variety of New Zealand courts and the Social Security Appeal Authority. 

The database includes decisions on benefits, pensions and grants, eligibility and appeal principles, and also includes criminal law cases on social welfare fraud.

The availability of Social Security Cases on Westlaw NZ allows you to seamlessly link through to related Westlaw NZ  products including commentary  services, law reports series, A to Z of New Zealand Law, and legislation and articles, ensuring  you have complete access to all your research needs in one platform.

Key benefits

• Specifically target social security decisions  to save you valuable research time.
• Access the most current cases with decisions  classified and uploaded  as soon as they are received from the relevant  court or tribunal.
• Search the most comprehensive collection of social security decisions available including full text superior court decisions as well as District Court and Social Security Appeal Authority  cases.
• Take advantage of an advanced search template, including an option to limit searching to reported cases only or to a specific law report series.

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