Secretary for Justice v New Zealand Public Service Association Inc - [1990] 2 NZLR 36

Industrial law — Strike — Essential service — Notice of intention to strike — Prison officers gave notice of intention to strike from midnight on specified dates — Subsequently employer was provided with summaries of proposed action which varied from original notices — Whether workers had made their intentions clear to the employer — Whether the summaries fatally impaired the original notices — Observations as to whether midnight meant the end of the day stated — Labour Relations Act 1987, s 235.