Pratt v Wanganui Education Board and Others - [1977] 1 NZLR 476

Education — Dismissals — Teacher convicted of criminal offence — Dismissed by board without being given opportunity to be heard — Board not required to investigate charge but only to impose penalty — Teacher has right to be heard — Board may suspend or transfer without reference to teacher - "Peremptorily" means "summarily without notice" - Education Act 1964, s 157(1).

Administrative law — Natural justice — Circumstances in which audi alteram partem rule applies.

Practice — Appeals to Supreme Court — Appeal by way of rehearing differs in effect from an appeal.