The Court of Appeal upheld the Employment Court’s decision in E tū Inc & Anor v Raiser Operations BV & Ors finding that the true nature of the relationship between Uber and its drivers, was one of employment. The Court clarified the test to be applied under section 6 of the Employment Relations Act 2000.

The High Court declined an application for judicial review of the Electricity Authority’s decision to grant Transpower New Zealand Ltd a discretionary power to reclassify transmission assets, and Transpower’s decision to exercise that power.

The Court of Appeal declined to make a declaration excluding the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith from the Royal Commission into abuse in state and faith-based care.