[2021] NZEmpC 137 Coetzee v Oamaru Meats Ltd [pdf, 280 KB]
...victim to enter into the contract.26 [88] McIntyre discussed coercion as a constituent part of improper pressure. Accepting that it was difficult to adequately define what coercion means the Court of Appeal adopted the following passage from Universe Tankships Inc of Monrovia v International Transport Workers’ Federation:27 Compulsion is variously described in the authorities as coercion or the vitiation of consent. The classic case of duress is, however, not the lack of wi...