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Canwest Radioworks Ltd v Reeves
A Dumbleton [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Had previously been a consent order between the parties and compliance order in relation to that consent order - Applicant sought to obtain: recession of settlement…
- Result:
- Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
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Garrick v Treetops Ltd
Y S Oldfield [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- JURISDICTION - Applicant alleged respondent breached term of mediated settlement which stated parties were not to speak ill of each other - Parties involved in Disputes Tribunal case - Applicant…
- Result:
- Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
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Carter v The Treasury
G J Wood [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]
- Summary:
- PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Applicant sought order that Crown Law office pay for his legal expenses - No provision for the Authority to order any party, let alone non-party, to…
- Result:
- Application dismissed ; No order for costs
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Jooste v Fetherston and Ors
Y S Oldfield [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Meeting between applicant and first respondent - First respondent requested return of company property, purported to dismiss applicant as a director and threatened to bring in police…
- Result:
- Application granted ; Arrears of wages ($202,000) ; ($96,000)(Reimbursement of share purchase price) ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($60,000)(Three months) ; Reimbursement of expenses ($4,000)(Three months) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($5,000) ; Costs reserved
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Cowley v T.S.L. Plastics NZ Ltd
M Urlich [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- COSTS - Successful personal grievance - Three day investigation meeting - Applicant sought full costs of $15,000 - 25 percent contributory conduct - Calderbank offer" by respondent did not meet…
- Result:
- Costs in favour of applicant ($3,000) ; Expenses ($150)
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Brady v Athlete Management International Ltd
G J Wood [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]
- Summary:
- PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Application for removal to Employment Court - Proceedings had been filed in Employment Court seeking declaration that applicant was employee - Alleged important question of law…
- Result:
- Application granted ; Costs to lie where they fall (Previous proceedings) ; Costs reserved (Current case)
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Houston v Oldco PTI Ltd
M Urlich [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Application for blanket suppression order - Respondent claimed evidence commercially sensitive, or so entwined with commercially sensitive evidence unable to be separated - Blanket suppression orders…
- Result:
- Application dismissed (Suppression order) ; Investigation adjourned ; No order for costs
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Uilou v Campanella Confectionery Ltd
R A Monaghan [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- PARENTAL LEAVE - UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Redundancy - Applicant employed by respondent as operator - Applicant experienced pregnancy-related illness - Work environment aggravated condition - Unable to lift more than…
- Result:
- Application granted ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($3,006.40) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($7,500) ; Costs reserved
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Baines v Rosedale Park Ltd (formerly EVP North Shore Ltd)
R Arthur [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- ARREARS OF WAGES - Intituling amended to reflect change of name of respondent - Confirmation of earlier oral determination - Applicant sought recovery of commission payments - Respondent acknowledged liability…
- Result:
- Arrears of wages ($6,108.75) ; No order for costs
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Skinner v Stayinfront (Asia Pacific) Ltd
M Urlich [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- COSTS - Unsuccessful jurisdictional claim - ï¾½ day investigation meeting - Respondent sought full costs of $58,678, or alternatively 2/3rds of full costs - Applicant on notice from early…
- Result:
- Costs in favour of respondent ($6,000) ; Disbursements ($500)(Video conference)