[2016] NZEmpC 60 Eden Group Ltd v Jackson [pdf, 178 KB]
...meeting with that client to discuss a possible transfer of the business. In that case the employee concerned resigned, travelled overseas on leave, and obtained an important agency, until then held by his former employer. Cooke J in the Court of Appeal concluded that even during the period in which Mr Schilling was regarded as having been on leave, his contract of service and the relationship with his employer continued. Cooke J concluded: 5 … It seems to me, however, that in...