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Court of Appeal Wellington
17, 18 October; 30 November 1994
Cooke P, Richardson, Casey, Hardie Boys and Gault JJ
17, 18 October; 30 November 1994
Cooke P, Richardson, Casey, Hardie Boys and Gault JJ
Industrial law — Employment contract — Dismissal — Personal grievance — Jurisdiction — Doctrine of sovereign immunity — Whether Employment Contracts Act overrides common law doctrine — Whether its application is qualified by doctrine of sovereign immunity — Employment Contracts Act 1991.
Conflict of laws — Jurisdiction — Sovereign immunity — Whether common law doctrine of sovereign immunity overrides New Zealand statute law.