[2020] NZEmpC 109 McCook v Chief Executive of the Inland Revenue Department [pdf, 333 KB]
...or (d) is referred to in any other relevant document and is itself relevant. … [24] The role of pleadings in assessing relevance is important. The leading authority on this topic is Airways Corp of New Zealand Ltd v Postles, a Court of Appeal decision which considered the former reg 48 of the Employment Court Regulations 1991.1 [25] For the purposes of that regulation, the Court of Appeal said: [5] With respect we consider the judge erred in law in drawing for present p...