W & H Newspapers Ltd v Oram - [2001] 3 NZLR 29

Employment law — Dismissal — Serious misconduct — Summary dismissal — Whether Employment Tribunal and Court made finding in respect of correct legal test — Whether open to fair and reasonable employer to dismiss — Whether tribunal substituted own view for that of employer — Employment Contracts Act 1991, s 27.

Employment law — Procedural fairness — Whether employer obliged to invite comment upon its assessment of employee's explanation of or attitude to alleged misconduct.