12 Jun 2012
GIBSON V NEW ZEALAND LAND SEARCH AND RESCUE DOGS INCORPORATED HC WN CIV-2011-485-000913
- Citation
- openlaw-3c6c54c7_2b0f_4265_9517_b1642e93331d.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The expulsion was quashed because SAR Dogs breached fundamental principles of natural justice in multiple respects: it failed to inform Mr Gibson of the full allegations considered, relied on irrelevant and unproven prior incidents, and created an appearance of impartiality breach by allowing committee members who made the original decision (and a conflicted participant) to influence and hear the appeal. On contract damages, the constitution did not contemplate protection for emotional distress and under binding authority damages for distress are not recoverable absent a contract whose object…