David Brown and Glen Sycamore v New Zealand Basing Limited

[2017] NZSC 12

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

SC 145/2016
[2017] NZSC 12

BETWEEN

DAVID BROWN
First Applicant

GLEN SYCAMORE
Second Applicant

AND

NEW ZEALAND BASING LIMITED
Respondent

Court:	William Young, Glazebrook and Ellen France JJ
Counsel:	G M Pollak and H I K White for Applicants A H Waalkens QC and M G Lawlor for Respondent
Judgment:	17 February 2017

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

ALeave to appeal is granted (New Zealand Basing Ltd v Brown [2016] NZCA 525, [2017] 2 NZLR 93).

BThe approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to conclude that age discrimination provisions of the Employment Relations Act 2000 do not apply to the employment agreements between the applicants and the respondent.

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Solicitors:
Garry Pollak & Co Limited, Auckland for Applicants
Duncan Cotterill, Auckland for Respondent