Wellington International Airport v New Zealand Air Line Pilots' Association Industrial Union of Workers Inc

[2017] NZSC 70

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

SC 26/2017
[2017] NZSC 70

BETWEEN

WELLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED
Applicant

AND

NEW ZEALAND AIR LINE PILOTSʼ ASSOCIATION INDUSTRIAL UNION OF WORKERS INCORPORATED
First Respondent

DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION
Second Respondent

SC 30/2017

BETWEEN

DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION
Applicant

AND

NEW ZEALAND AIR LINE PILOTSʼ ASSOCIATION INDUSTRIAL UNION OF WORKERS INCORPORATED
First Respondent

WELLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED
Second Respondent

Court:	Elias CJ, William Young and Ellen France JJ
Counsel:	D J Goddard QC and V L Heine for Applicant in SC 26/2017 and Second Respondent in SC 30/2017 H B Rennie QC and E M Geddis for First Respondent in SC 26/2017 and SC 30/2017 F M R Cooke QC and M S Smith for Second Respondent in SC26/2017 and Applicant in SC 30/2017
Judgment:	16 May 2017

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

ALeave to appeal is granted (New Zealand Air Line Pilots' Association Industrial Union of Workers Inc v Director of Civil Aviation and Wellington International Airport Ltd [2017] NZCA 27).

BThe approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to allow the first respondent’s appeal to that Court.

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Solicitors:
Chapman Tripp, Wellington for Applicant (SC 26/2017) and Second Respondent (SC 30/2017)
R R McCabe, New Zealand Airline Pilots’ Association Inc for First Respondent (SC 26/2017) and SC 30/2017)
J G Sneyd, Civil Aviation Authority, Wellington for Second Respondent (SC 26/2017) and Applicant (SC 30/2017)