New Zealand Building Trades Union v Zip Commercial Interiors Ltd - [1992] 3 NZLR 653

Industrial law — Jurisdiction — Unregistered redundancy agreement — Agreement provided for establishment of disputes committee — Disputed claim for redundancy compensation upon sale of business — Disputes committee set up and decision rendered — Appeal to Labour Court — Redundancy agreement registered before appeal heard — Whether disputes committee lacked jurisdiction because agreement unregistered — Whether Labour Court also lacked jurisdiction — Labour Relations Act 1987, ss 184 and 279.