[2009] NZEmpC CC 8/09 Safe Air Ltd v Walker [pdf, 56 KB]
...Safe Air’s email policies until he became aware on 9 September 2008 that he was under investigation and acquainted himself with them. [35] In Chief Executive of the Department of Inland Revenue v Buchanan (No 2) [2005] ERNZ 767, the Court of Appeal rejected the proposition that ignorance of significant employment obligations meant that breach of those obligations could not be regarded as serious misconduct. It found that the proper approach is to consider whether, in all the ci...