De Morgan v Director-General of Social Welfare

Subject Matter

PRIVY COUNCIL — Jurisdiction — Special leave to appeal — Statutes providing for decisions of Court of Appeal of New Zealand on matters originating in inferior courts or in Employment Court to be “final” — Whether right of appeal to Privy Council abrogated — Whether excluding jurisdiction of Privy Council to grant special leave to appeal — Judicature Act 1908, s 67 — Employment Contracts Act 1991, s 135

[1998] AC 275; [1998] 2 WLR 427