[2008] Olsen v Carter Holt Harvey IT Ltd Full Court [Chief Judge Colgan, Judges Shaw and Couch, AC 45/08 [pdf, 97 KB]
...September 2005 for the sale could not be met and negotiations continued throughout September and October 2005. [27] On 29 September 2005, Mrs Olsen applied to Mr Peddie for leave without pay for a period in May and June 2006. Mr Peddie referred this request on to Mr van der Voort saying that he would “leave it for DMS 2005”. Mr Peddie explained to Mrs Olsen that he had done this because she would be employed by DMS 2005 by the time she wanted to take this leave. Subsequently...