[2019] NZEmpC 83 Pitman v Advanced Personnel Services Ltd [pdf, 374 KB]
...Temp and Mr Pitman were “concurrent wrongdoers”. The Authority should have concluded they were not “concurrent wrongdoers” and, therefore, could not be liable to pay the same sum in damages;10 (d) by not acknowledging that two distinct claims were involved in the proceeding – one for damages and the other for a penalty. [13] Advanced Personnel supported its claim that the payment was a penalty by attempting to illustrate the amount was reasonable. That was because, it s...