LLB, LLM, PhD (Otago)
Contact
Tel +64 3 479 3781
Office 9th Floor - 9C13
Email simon.connell@otago.ac.nz
Teaching
Contract Law and Accidents and the Law.
Research interests
Accidents and the law, accident compensation, no-fault, tort law, contract law, contract interpretation, law of obligations theory, private law theory, negligence.
Within Contract Law, Simon is especially interested in the law of contract interpretation and how it interacts with other areas of contract law, which was the topic of his PhD. Simon’s research has also addressed other contract law topics, including the rule against penalties, the doctrine of non est factum, and the relationship between contract law and contractual practice.
Simon’s “Accidents and the Law” research is broadly concerned with how different areas of the law respond to the same ‘accident’ events, the different conceptions of a just outcome that sit behind those different areas of law, and how we resolve any conflicts between them. For example, a workplace accident could lead to compensation for the victim through New Zealand’s no-fault accident compensation scheme, an investigation under our workplace health and safety regime leading to the employer being convicted and ordered to pay reparation to the victim, and a possible tort claim for exemplary damages in negligence.
Background
Simon joined the Faculty in 2014, before which he was a postgraduate student (LLM and then PhD) at Otago. Prior to that, Simon worked for the Accident Compensation Corporation.
Publications
Connell, S. (2021). Why ACC's physical injury narrative is misleading. Newsroom: Ideasroom, (8 July). Retrieved from https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/why-accs-physical-injury-narrative-is-misleading
Connell, S. (2021). No good reason to limit ACC birth injury cover. Newsroom: Ideasroom, (6 October). Retrieved from https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/no-good-reason-to-limit-acc-birth-injuries
Connell, S. (2021). Lessons important for vaccine certs. Otago Daily Times, (4 November). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/lessons-important-vaccine-certs
Connell, S. (2021, November). Vaccine mandates: A severe step responding to a dire situation. Pundit. Retrieved from https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/vaccine-mandates-a-severe-step-responding-to-a-dire-situation
Connell, S. (2021, October). The hole in the vaccine mandate. Pundit. Retrieved from https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/the-hole-in-the-vaccine-mandate
Connell, S. (2016). Contract law, contracting and instrumentalism. In S. Griffiths, M. Henaghan & M. B. Rodriguez Ferrere (Eds.), The search for certainty: Essays in honour of John Smillie. (pp. 99-128). Wellington, New Zealand: Thomson Reuters.
Chapter in Book - Research
Connell, S. (2021). Discounts on reparation for lost earnings. New Zealand Law Journal, (3), 102-105.
Journal - Research Article
Connell, S. (2020). Mesothelioma by accident. New Zealand Law Journal, 3, 114-119.
Journal - Research Article
Connell, S. (2020). Pre-contractual misrepresentations and purchaser carelessness. New Zealand Law Journal, 10, 383-386.
Journal - Research Article
Tatley, C., & Connell, S. (2020). Over and above: Reparation for lost earnings consequential on injuries covered under the accident compensation scheme. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 29, 119-151.
Journal - Research Article
Connell, S. (2019). Community insurance versus compulsory insurance: Competing paradigms of no-fault accident compensation in New Zealand. Legal Studies, 39(3), 499-516. doi: 10.1017/lst.2018.50
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Connell, S. (2019). Payments from At-fault Parties in a No-fault System: How New Zealand has answered questions about extra payments to accident victims. Otago Law Review, 16(1), 101-126.
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Connell, S., & Wilkinson, T. (2019). Remedies when a tenant profits from unlawful sublease on Airbnb: Nice Place Property Management Ltd v Paterson. Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 19(2), 273-283. doi: 10.1080/14729342.2019.1671044
Journal - Research Article
Connell, S. (2018). Is an "outward expression of accord" required for rectification in New Zealand? New Zealand Law Journal, (6), 186-188, 194.
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Connell, S. (2018). Prescriptive and holistic contextualism: Emerging variants of modern contract interpretation. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 28(2), 317-347.
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Shaw, W., & Connell, S. (2018). Rock Advertising v MWB in the UK Supreme Court: "No oral variation" clauses can be enforceable. New Zealand Law Journal, (7), 198-200.
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Cathro, S., & Connell, S. (2017). New variations on the rule against penalties: Options for New Zealand. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 27(4B), 1087-1110.
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Connell, S. (2017). Interpretation and implication. New Zealand Law Journal, 2, 71-75.
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Connell, S., & Peart, N. (2017). Accident compensation entitlements under the Property (Relationships) Act 1976. Otago Law Review, 15(1), 169-196.
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Cathro, S., & Connell, S. (2016). Radical change to the rule against penalties in England. New Zealand Law Journal, 7, 271-272.
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Connell, S. (2016). Admissibility or weight? [Response to the article The interpretation of registered instruments]. New Zealand Law Journal, 8, 304-305, 321.
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Connell, S. (2016). Not my doctrine? Finding a contract law explanation for non est factum. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 47, 245-265.
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Connell, S. (2015). A shift from Belize to Singapore? Interpretation and implication in Satterthwaite v Gough. New Zealand Law Journal, 7, 263-265.
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Connell, S. (2015). Chronic pain, physical injury and mental injury. New Zealand Law Journal, 11, 425-427.
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Connell, S. (2014). Overturning the social contract? New Zealand Law Journal, 8, 314-315, 320.
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Connell, S. (2012). ACC infects the criminal law? New Zealand Law Journal, 4, 135-136.
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Connell, S. (2012). Intrusion upon seclusion. New Zealand Law Journal, 9, 315-316.
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Connell, S. (2012). Justice for victims of injury: The influence of New Zealand's accident compensation scheme on the civil and criminal law. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 25(2), 181-209.
Journal - Research Article
Connell, S. (2012). Sex as an "accident". New Zealand Law Journal, (6), 188-189.
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Connell, S. (2012). Westpac v Chahil: Sometimes words just mean what they say. Australian Business Law Review, 40, 213-216.
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Connell, S. (2011). Unwritten constitutions of incorporated societies: A critical examination of the treatment of tikanga in Tamaki v Māori Women's Welfare League Inc. Otago Law Review, 12(3), 605-624.
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Connell, S. (2011). What is the place of corrective justice in criminal justice? Waikato Law Review, 19(2), 134-144.
Journal - Research Article
Connell, S. (2021). Lessons important for vaccine certs. Otago Daily Times, (4 November). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/lessons-important-vaccine-certs
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Connell, S. (2021). No good reason to limit ACC birth injury cover. Newsroom: Ideasroom, (6 October). Retrieved from https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/no-good-reason-to-limit-acc-birth-injuries
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Connell, S. (2021). Why ACC's physical injury narrative is misleading. Newsroom: Ideasroom, (8 July). Retrieved from https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/why-accs-physical-injury-narrative-is-misleading
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Connell, S. (2019). The fascinating case of Hannah Tamaki vs the Māori Women's Welfare League. The Spinoff, (27 May). Retrieved from https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/27-05-2019/the-fascinating-case-of-hannah-tamaki-vs-the-maori-womens-welfare-league
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Connell, S., & Howells, G. (2019). Articles following the conference: The "private" law's response to accident, illness and disability [Conference report]. Otago Law Review, 16(1), 73-75.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Connell, S. (2018). Can the LegalFling app really create a legally binding agreement on consent? The Spinoff, (8 January). Retrieved from https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/28-01-2018/can-the-legalfling-app-really-create-a-legally-binding-agreement-on-consent
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Connell, S. (2019, August). Contract interpretation. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Law Society Otago-Southland Annual Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Connell, S. (2019, December). Judicial review for breach of contract? The vexed question of the preferable approach to disputes concerning decisions by clubs and incorporated societies. Verbal presentation at the Melbourne Obligations Group Contracts Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Connell, S. (2019, February). Unintended consequences of no-fault: Some unexpected difficult questions that New Zealand has had to address following the introduction of no-fault accident compensation. Verbal presentation at the The "Private" Law's Response to Accident, Illness and Disability, Hong Kong, China.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Connell, S. (2018, July). Consensus, correction and conscience: Formal and substantive reasoning in the requirements for rectification. Verbal presentation at the Obligations IX Conference: Form and Substance in the Law of Obligations, Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
France-Hudson, B., & Connell, S. (2017, December). The interpretation of registered property instruments in New Zealand: Property law and contract law perspectives. Verbal presentation at the Obligation Group Property Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Connell, S. (2021, July). Questioning the government's "ACC is about physical injuries" narrative. Pundit. Retrieved from https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/questioning-the-governments-acc-is-about-physical-injuries-narrative
Other Research Output
Connell, S. (2021, November). Vaccine mandates: A severe step responding to a dire situation. Pundit. Retrieved from https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/vaccine-mandates-a-severe-step-responding-to-a-dire-situation
Other Research Output
Connell, S. (2021, October). Government must learn from mask exemption mess. Pundit. Retrieved from https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/government-must-learn-from-mask-exemption-messnbsp
Other Research Output
Connell, S. (2021, October). The hole in the vaccine mandate. Pundit. Retrieved from https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/the-hole-in-the-vaccine-mandate
Other Research Output
Connell, S. (2021, September). ACC and birth injuries: A change all to the good?. Pundit. Retrieved from https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/acc-and-birth-injuries-a-change-all-to-the-good
Other Research Output
Connell, S. (2020, December). The Kafkaesque nature of the WorkSafe charges against GNS Science. Pundit. Retrieved from https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/the-kafkaesque-nature-of-the-worksafe-charges-against-gns-science
Other Research Output
Connell, S. (2020, February). "Seriously but not literally" Kiwi edition; or, the dark art of the double secret dog whistle. Pundit. Retrieved from https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/seriously-but-not-literally-kiwi-edition-or-the-dark-art-of-the-double-secret-dog-whistle
Other Research Output
Connell, S. (2020, July). To charge or not to charge, that is the question. Pundit. Retrieved from https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/to-charge-or-not-to-charge-that-is-the-question
Other Research Output
Connell, S. (2020, June). The Christiansen case, compassion and the constitutional role of the courts. Pundit. Retrieved from https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/the-christiansen-case-compassion-and-the-constitutional-role-of-the-courts
Other Research Output
Connell, S. (2020, October). Now's the time: Expand ACC. Pundit. Retrieved from https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/nows-the-time-expand-acc
Other Research Output
Connell, S. (2019, December). What does the Whakaari/White Island eruption mean for New Zealand's Accident Compensation scheme. Pundit. Retrieved from https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/what-does-the-whakaari-white-island-eruption-mean-for-new-zealands-accident-compensation-scheme
Other Research Output
Connell, S. (2019, March). The "no true kiwi" fallacy: And how to avoid it. Pundit. Retrieved from https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/the-no-true-kiwi-fallacy-and-how-to-avoid-it
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