McNie v CAC2004 & Proude [2013] NZREADT 49 [pdf, 62 KB]
...the settlement agreement prohibits the appellant from complaining to the Authority or appealing to us, it is illegal and therefore unenforceable and then put it: “25. There can be no objection to parties settling a complaint after it has been filed with the Authority. The Act sets up a framework for this purpose in s.87. The decision to declare that any resulting settlement agreement is a final determination of the complaint ultimately rests with the Committee, which must bear the p...