Fitikefu v Department of Corrections (Strike-Out Application) [2019] NZHRRT 51 [pdf, 224 KB]
...limitation defence could be raised in proceedings before the Tribunal but whether the Tribunal had sufficient features in common with an inferior court to allow it to be treated as such a court for the purposes of the Judicature Act 1908, s 88B which permitted the restriction of vexatious actions. The Full Court was careful to emphasise its decision should not be construed as a determination that the Tribunal was an inferior court and the decision was expressly confined to the specific c...