[2013] NZEmpC 150 McConnell v Board of Trustees of Mt Roskill Grammar School [pdf, 155 KB]
...ruling and a determination following an investigation. It is tolerably clear that what the Court was referring to was a substantive determination of the employment relationship problem. [44] Mr Oldfield submitted that s 179(5) constitutes a privative provision and accordingly ought to be construed restrictively. I do not agree. A privative provision is generally one that ousts a right of appeal or review. By contrast, s 179(5) simply operates to regulate, by deferring, the...