Pacific Steel Limited v Minister of Public Works and Minister of Industries and Commerce - [1945] NZLR 116

Public Works Acts — Compensation — Compensation Court — Jurisdiction — Practice — Discovery — Commission to take Evidence Abroad — Constitution of Court — Whether within Purview of Arbitration Act or a Special Tribunal — Jurisdiction — Whether Compensation Court or Supreme Court may Order Discovery, or Commission to take Evidence, or Further Particulars of Claim, before Actual Hearing — Discretion as to taking or receiving of Evidence — Public Works Act, 1928, ss 52, 71, 75 — Code of Civil Procedure, RR 172, 177.