New Zealand Basing Ltd v Brown - [2017] 2 NZLR 93

Conflict of laws — Proper law governing dispute — Parties expressly chose foreign law — Whether New Zealand age discrimination law applied to contract of employment — Whether Employment Relations Act 2000 overrode choice of law clause.

Conflict of laws — Proper law of contract — Whether public policy exception satisfied — Whether foreign law unjust or unconscionable — Whether conscience of reasonable New Zealander would be shocked if foreign law applied — Whether New Zealand law or moral interests would be violated — “Proper law” — Employment Relations Act 2000, ss 214, 238.