Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No [2016] NZERA Auckland 267
Determination date 09 August 2016
Member Anna Fitzgibbon
Representation A Hope; E Burke
Parties Ale v Kids At Home Ltd
Summary PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Identity of employer – Application for joinder – COUNTERCLAIM – PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Respondent sought to strike out applicant’s claim
Abstract AUTHORITY FOUND -;PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: Respondent had ceased trading and automatically removed from Companies Office Register. Respondent employer of applicant. No grounds to join sole director and shareholder as second respondent. Application for joinder dismissed.;COUNTERCLAIM – PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: No grounds for strike out of proceedings. Application dismissed.
Result Applications dismissed
Main Category Practice & Procedure
Statutes Companies Act 1993;ERA s221
Cases Cited Ale v Kids At Home Ltd [2016] NZEmpC 26;Dymocks Franchise Systems (NSW) Pty Ltd v Todd (No 2) [2004] UKPC 39;NZ Medical Laboratory Workers Union Inc v Capital Coast Health Ltd [1998] 2 ERNZ 107 (EmpC);Salomon v A Salomon & Co Ltd [1897] AC 22 (HL)
Number of Pages 5
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