North Island Wholesale Groceries Ltd v Hewin - [1982] 2 NZLR 176

Contract — Employment — Repudiation — Wrongful dismissal — Whether managing director had been summarily and wrongfully dismissed — Whether termination of employment had been justified by reason of misconduct by employee.

Damages — Assessment of damages for loss of office — Taxation implications of damages award — Economic loss suffered by employee as a result of wrongful dismissal — Whether tax that the employee would have paid on his earnings if he had not been wrongfully dismissed should be taken into account in assessment of damages.