| Restrictions | OK |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Employment Relations Authority - Auckland |
| Reference No | [2017] NZERA Auckland 91 |
| Hearing date | 2-Nov-16 |
| Determination date | 31 March 2017 |
| Member | A Dallas |
| Representation | M Beech, M Braddock ; W Reid, R Rolston |
| Location | Tauranga |
| Parties | Sunair Aviation Ltd v Walters |
| Summary | BREACH OF CONTRACT – Applicant sought damages for respondent’s breaches of express and implied terms of employment agreement – Airport Rescue Fire Service Operator |
| Abstract | AUTHORITY FOUND –;BREACH OF CONTRACT: Applicant unable to prove that, absent of respondent’s breach, it would have won tendered contract. Applicant had real or substantive chance of being awarded the contract absent of respondent’s breaches. Damages for loss of chance reduced by 40% to reflect non-binding nature of the tender process and 20% due to respondent not being subject to restraint of trade, having not used confidential information and having been found to not be subject to fiduciary obligations. Respondent to pay applicant $66,681 loss of chance damages. Interest payable. |
| Result | Application granted ; Damages ($66,681.90) ; Interest (5%) ; Costs reserved |
| Main Category | Breach of Contract |
| Statutes | ERA s4A ; ERA s134 ; ERA s162 ; ERA s174C(3) ; ERA s174C(4) ; ERA s174E ; ERA Second Schedule cl11 ; Judicature Act 1908 s 87(3) |
| Cases Cited | Allied Maples Group Ltd v Simmons & Simmons [1995] 4 ALL ER 907 (CA);Attorney-General v Gilbert [2002] 2 NZLR 342 (CA);Bank of New Zealand v New Zealand Guardian Trust Co Ltd [1999] 1 NZLR 664 (CA);Benton v Miller & Poulgrain (a firm) [2005] 1 NZLR 66 (CA);Chaplin v Hicks [1911] 2 KB 786;County Ltd v Girozentrale Securities [1996] 3 All ER 834;Fagotti v Acme & Co Ltd [2015] NZEmpC 135, (2015) NZELR 1;Fleming v Securities Commission [1995] 2 NZLR 514 (CA);Hadley v Baxendale (1854) 156 ER 145;Hall v Meyrick [1957] 2 QB 455;Hally Labels Ltd v Powell [2015] NZEmpC 92;Martelli McKegg Wells v Commbank International NV (1996) 10 PRNZ 153;Max Tarr Electrical Contractors Ltd v Dixon [2000] 2 ERNZ 281(EmpC);Medic Corporation Ltd v Barrett (No.2) [1992] 3 ERNZ 977 (EmpC);Morris v Interchem Agencies Ltd [2003] 1 ERNZ 93 (CA);Nova Energy Ltd v Mitchel (No.6) [2015] NZERA Auckland 337;PBO Ltd (formerly Rush Security Ltd) v Da Cruz [2005] ERNZ 808 (EmpC);Sew Hoy & Sons Pty Ltd (in rec & liq) v Coopers & Lybrand [1996] 1 NZLR 392 (CA);Schilling v Kidd Garrett Ltd [1977] 1 NZLR 243 (CA);Sunair Aviation Ltd v Christopher Walters [2016] NZERA Auckland 198;Takaro Properties Ltd Rowling [1986] 1 NZLR 22 (CA);Transit New Zealand v Pratt Contractors Ltd [2002] 2 NZLR 313 (CA);Waikanae Holdings (Gisborne) Ltd v Smith [2005] ERNZ 267 (EmpC);Wilther v Essex Area Health Authority [1988] AC 1074 |
| Number of Pages | 21 |
| PDF File Link: | 2017_NZERA_Auckland_91.pdf [pdf 312 KB] |