Karelrybflot AO v Udovenko - [2000] 2 NZLR 24

Contract — Frustration — Employment of seafarers — Vessels forfeited to Crown for fishing offences — Whether employment contracts discharged by frustration — Whether damages available for non-payment of wages.

Industrial law — Dismissal — Termination of employment — Seafarers not paid wages for five months — Vessels forfeited to Crown for fishing offences — Whether frustration of contract — Whether employer entitled to terminate contract — Whether employees entitled to damages for unpaid wages.

Admiralty — Maritime lien — Employees on vessel claiming maritime lien for unpaid wages — Whether jurisdiction in Admiralty proceedings to order payment of minimum wage — Whether employees entitled to maritime lien — Minimum Wage Act 1983, s 10(2).