Attorney-General v Benge - [1997] 2 NZLR 435

Industrial law — Employment contract — Employment Contracts Act — Jurisdiction — Claim for breach of contract by ex-policemen — Whether Employment Court had jurisdiction to entertain claim — Meaning of "exclusive jurisdiction . . . founded on an employment contract" — Employment Contracts Act 1991, s 3 — Police Act 1958, s 96.

Police — Contract — Breach of contract — Claim for breach of contract by ex-policemen — Whether Employment Court had jurisdiction to entertain claim — Meaning of "exclusive jurisdiction . . . founded on an employment contract" — Whether proceedings governed by Part IV of Police Act — Employment Contracts Act 1991, s 3 — Police Act 1958, s 96 and Part IV.