Conference of the Methodist Church of New Zealand v Gray - [1996] 2 NZLR 554

Tort — Inducing breaches of contract — Employee suing employer and appellant claiming, inter alia, an unlawful lockout and damages against the appellant for inducing a breach of the employment contract — Whether the Employment Court has jurisdiction to determine the claim against the appellant — Employment Contracts Act 1991, ss 3, 73 and 104.

Courts — Jurisdiction — Employment Court — Employee suing employer and appellant claiming, inter alia, an unlawful lockout and damages against the appellant for inducing a breach of the employment contract — Whether the Employment Court has jurisdiction to determine the claim against the appellant — Employment Contracts Act 1991, ss 3, 73 and 104.

Industrial law — Jurisdiction — Employment Court — Employee suing employer and appellant claiming, inter alia, an unlawful lockout and damages against the appellant for inducing a breach of the employment contact — Whether the Employment Court has jurisdiction to determine the claim against the appellant — Employment Contracts Act 1991, ss 3, 73 and 104.

Industrial law — Jurisdiction — Whether an employer can "lock out" a single employee — Employment Contracts Act 1991, ss 62 and 73.