Shaffer v Gisborne Boys' High School Board of Trustees - [1995] 2 NZLR 288

Industrial law — Employment Tribunal — Jurisdiction of mediator — Parties consenting to mediator making final and binding decision — Whether need to obtain ratification of decision by parties — Enforcement of mediator's determination — Employment Contracts Act 1991, ss 55(1) and 88(2).

Judicial review — Statutory power of decision — Parties consenting to mediator making a decision under Employment Contracts Act 1991 — Whether mediator's "decision" is a "statutory power of decision" — Judicature Amendment Act 1972, s 4 — Employment Contracts Act 1991, s 88(2).