Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Wellington
Reference No WA 108/03
Hearing date 22 Jul 2003
Determination date 01 August 2003
Member D Asher
Representation R Davidson ; J McMillian
Location Wellington
Parties Kerr v Associated Aviation (Wellington) Ltd
Summary PENALTY - Penalty and declaration sought for alleged breach of settlement - Settlement included confidentiality agreement - Clause prohibited parties from mentioning terms of settlement or speaking ill of each other - Disclosure of existence of settlement not breach - Comments about employment difficulties resulting in litigation did not amount to speaking ill - No breach of settlement
Result Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
Statutes Contractual Remedies Act 1979 s7;ECA s88(2);ERA s9(2)(b);ERA s134;ERA s135;ERA s162(c)
Cases Cited Hunt v Forklift Specialists Ltd [2000] ERNZ 553;Kerr v Associated Aviation (Wellington) Ltd unreported, Palmer J, 19 February 1997, WEC 7/97;Kerr v Associated Aviation (Wellington) Ltd unreported, RE Hall, 27 August 1996, WT 105/96;Kerr v Mid Canterbury Aero Club Inc unreported, P Cheyne, 19 September 2001, CA 42/01;Schaffer v Gisborne Boys High School Board of Trustees [1995] 1 ERNZ 94 ; [1995] 2 NZLR 288
Number of Pages 18
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