[2012] NZEmpC 124 Allen v C3 Ltd [pdf, 256 KB]
...The evident focus of s 18 is the existence or otherwise of an existing right, rather than whether proceedings relating to that right have been commenced or completed. [66] In Chaplin v Holden and NIMU Insurance Association 23 the Court of Appeal held, in relation to s 20 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1924, 24 that a party had an accrued right to damages as at the date the action complained of (a road traffic accident) occurred. The Court rejected a suggestion that those rig...