[2023] NZEmpC 16 Bird v Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waikato [pdf, 189 KB]
...policy reasons for this are to increase speedy and non-legalistic decision- making, to keep costs down, and avoid delays. Those matters are prioritised over any temporary impact on a party caused by a procedural determination. 15 Section 101. 16 Section 143(d). 17 Section 237(d). 18 Employment Relations Authority v Rawlings [2008] NZCA 15, [2008] ERNZ 26 at [23] and [26]; and H v A Ltd [2014] NZEmpC 92, [2014] ERNZ 38 at [17]. [18] Access to justice consid...