[2009] NZEmpC AC 26/09 Merchant v CE of the Department of Corrections [pdf, 35 KB]
...Judgment: 25 June 2009 COSTS JUDGMENT OF JUDGE A A COUCH [1] I gave my substantive judgment in this matter on 17 December 2008. I concluded by encouraging the parties to agree costs if possible or, if they were unable to do so, directed that they file memoranda. They have now filed memoranda. [2] Clause 19(1) of Schedule 3 to the Employment Relations Act 2000 confers on the Court a broad discretion to make orders as to costs but, as with all such discretions, it must be exerci...