[2006] NZEmpC AC 74/06 Sandifer v Plumbers Gasfitters & Drainlayers Board NZ [pdf, 34 KB]
...the defendant as to the plaintiff’s ability to work are of some substance because the plaintiff has not taken the opportunity extended to him of refuting them. [23] However because of the indication of the lack of income disclosed by the tax forms I am prepared to reduce the amount of the award sought by the defendant in order to provide some realistic response to the plaintiff’s claims of impecuniosity. I therefore order the plaintiff to pay $4,000 as a contribution towards the...