Brown v New Zealand Basing Ltd - [2018] 1 NZLR 245

Conflict of laws — Personal grievance — Nature of cause of action — Whether available where proper law of employment agreement foreign law — Discrimination on grounds of age.

Employment law — Jurisdiction — Discrimination — Proper law of employment agreement foreign law — Discrimination on grounds of age — Whether employees based in New Zealand protected from discrimination on grounds of age — Nature of employment law and personal grievances — Observations as to protection from unjustified dismissal — Observation as to jurisdiction to implement foreign statutory rights in employment — Human Rights Act 1993, ss 21, 22, 24, 36.

Employment law — Personal grievance — Nature of cause of action — Whether available where proper law of employment agreement foreign law — Discrimination on grounds of age — Employment Relations Act 2000, ss 106, 238.