[2016] NZEmpC 151 Carr, Labour Inspector v Sharma [pdf, 204 KB]
...wished to give evidence the nature of the proceeding had to be ascertained. The same problem could arise today if it were sought to compel the defendant to give evidence. This problem arose frequently under legislation that provided that no appeal should lie to the Court of Appeal ‘in any criminal cause or matter’. The question whether a particular proceeding as a criminal cause or matter frequently came before the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords. The test which w...