Reid v Fire Services and Crown Law (Recall Application) [2012] NZHRRT 27 [pdf, 95 KB]
...do not think that, slips apart, a statutory tribunal – in contrast to a superior court – ordinarily possesses any inherent power to rescind or review its own decisions. Except where the High Court’s jurisdiction is unequivocally excluded by privative legislation, it is there that the power of correction resides. [37] As to s 105 it is our view that the requirement in subs (1) that the Tribunal act according to the substantial merits of the case, without regard to technicalities, a...