Osborne v Robertson - [1985] 2 NZLR 680

Industrial law — Unjustified industrial action — Penalties — Jurisdiction of District Court to enforce penalties — A worker employed in an essential industry "shall be liable to a penalty" if he strikes without giving the required notice of his intention to strike — Whether a worker's liability for a penalty can be enforced in criminal proceedings in the District Court — Industrial Relations Act 1973, s 125.