Larsen v Ford Motor Co of NZ Ltd - [1990] 1 NZLR 641

Industrial law — Dismissal — Dismissal of striking workers — Whether workers who were dismissed because they were on strike in breach of disputes procedure were automatically disentitled from pursuing claims of unjustifiable dismissal — Whether dismissed striking workers were entitled to have their claims of unjustifiable dismissal dealt with on the merits — Industrial Relations Act 1973, s 117.

Practice and procedure — Appeals to Court of Appeal — Right of appeal — Repealed Act — Appeal from decision made by Arbitration Court under former Industrial Relations Act 1973 — Whether case may be stated by Judge of Labour Court after 1973 Act had been repealed — Whether appeal lay under transitional provisions of Labour Relations Act 1987 — Acts Interpretation Act 1924, ss 20(e)(iii) and 20(g).