29 Nov 2021
HUANG v CHEN [2021] NZHC 3232
- Citation
- [2021] ERNZ 1259
- Court
- High Court
The Court refused to stay the first counterclaim because although governed by Chinese law the joint venture agreement is pleaded and central to the New Zealand proceedings, the remedies sought are in personam and enforceable against plaintiffs who have submitted to New Zealand jurisdiction, there is no concurrent Chinese litigation and considerations of convenience and efficiency favour New Zealand. The Court struck out the fifth counterclaim because it is, on its factual substance, an employment relationship problem concerning recovery of wages and thus falls within the Employment Relations…