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13-Aug-2008

A man diagnosed with HIV has been awarded $6000 after it was found he was constructively dismissed by his employer.
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26-May-2006

A Christchurch woman exposed to HIV by her boyfriend is taking her battle for compensation for psychological trauma to the Court of Appeal.
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7-Oct-2005

A landmark court case that found a man who used a condom did not have to tell a sexual partner he was HIV positive has raised questions about moral obligations.
Legal and public health commentators said yesterday that Lower Hutt man Justin Dalley probably should have told a woman he met over the internet that he was HIV-positive before they had sex.
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6-Oct-2005

A court ruling that a Lower Hutt man who used a condom was not legally obliged to tell a woman he was HIV-positive has been hailed as a win for safe sex and for keeping the state out of the bedroom.
Justin Dalley, 36, had protected sex with the woman and was yesterday found not guilty of criminal nuisance in a reserved decision handed down by Wellington District Court Judge Susan Thomas.
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5-Oct-2005

Today's Court decision about failure to disclose HIV status highlights the frightening dangers of New Zealand's "safe" sex campaigns.
Today's court decision regarding the failure of a man to reveal to his partner that he was HIV Positive, before engaging in sexual activity with her, highlights the very real flaws and dangers of the current safe sex messages that are being promoted in New Zealand.
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5-Oct-2005

An HIV-positive Lower Hutt man, who used a condom during intercourse with a woman he met over the internet but failed to tell her of his condition, was today found not guilty of criminal nuisance.
Justin Dalley, 36, also had unprotected oral sex with the woman he met in April 2004.
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5-Oct-2005

Common sense has prevailed, and HIV prevention strategies enhanced, the New Zealand AIDS Foundation said today as it welcomed the “not guilty” decision in the case of an HIV positive man charged with criminal nuisance for not disclosing his status during protected vaginal intercourse and unprotected oral sex.
“Today’s decision reinforces what the New Zealand AIDS Foundation has been saying for 20 years,” said Executive Director Rachael Le Mesurier, “that the best strategy for avoiding HIV during anal or vaginal intercourse is the consistent and proper use of condoms.
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10-Aug-2005

The Wellington District Court has been hearing closing arguments in the case debating whether people with HIV need to disclose their condition before having protected sex.
Justin Dalley is facing two charges of criminal nuisance for not telling the woman he had sex with last year he was HIV positive.
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9-Aug-2005

The efficacy of condoms and the issue of disclosure are being debated at Wellington District Court.
Lower Hutt man Justin Dalley is defending two charges of criminal nuisance for not telling a sexual partner he was HIV positive before having sex in April last year.
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19-Jun-2005

A wellington woman is outraged her former partner has escaped a jail sentence even though he had unprotected sex without telling her he was HIV-positive.
Justin Dalley, 35, was found guilty of criminal nuisance by failing to inform the woman he was HIV positive, knowing it could endanger her.
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16-Jun-2005

A man who is HIV-positive was yesterday found guilty of having unprotected sex with his unsuspecting former partner.
Justin Dalley, 35, had initially admitted to a criminal nuisance charge of endangering the victim's health last year by not telling her, but applied to change the plea to not guilty when the victim told his lawyer she had lied.
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1-May-2005

A woman is appealing to the High Court to get ACC compensation for mental injuries she suffered when she found out her lover had HIV.
Her ex-partner was sentenced to nine months in jail for criminal nuisance in 1999 after he kept from her, for nine months, the fact he was HIV positive.
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29-Apr-2005

An HIV-positive man alleged to have slept with an unsuspecting woman has been allowed to change his guilty plea to not guilty.
Justin William Dalley, 35, unemployed, of Lower Hutt, has been charged with committing criminal nuisance by failing to tell a partner that he was HIV-positive, knowing it would endanger her health.
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27-Apr-2005

An HIV-positive man accused of having unprotected sex with an unsuspecting woman has asked a judge to allow him to plead not guilty after the victim claimed she lied.
Justin William Dalley, 35, unemployed of Lower Hutt, is charged with committing criminal nuisance by omitting to tell the woman he was HIV-positive, knowing it could endanger her life.
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26-Nov-2004

A man who admitted having unsafe sex with his girlfriend but didn't tell her he was HIV-positive is facing new charges for having sex with a condom.
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