Reid v Fire Services and Crown Law (Recall Application) [2012] NZHRRT 27 [pdf, 95 KB]
...[it] thinks fit”) that a re-hearing is not a matter of procedure. It is a significant aspect of jurisdiction and the power to regulate procedure cannot be used to increase jurisdiction. See Browne v Minister of Immigration [1990] NZAR 67, 69-70 (Eichelbaum CJ). To similar effect see Akewushola v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2000] 2 All ER 148 (CA) at 153j where Sedley LJ, delivering the judgment of the Court, stated: For my part I do not think that, slips apart, a sta...