Justice Toogood on bench for appeal that will test Richmond case he played a part in

Justice Toogood on bench for appeal that will test Richmond  case he played a part in
Jonathan Underhill
By Jonathan Underhill July 21 (BusinessDesk) - Justice Kit Toogood sits on the bench today for Affco New Zealand's appeal against an Employment Court ruling that the rights of seasonal workers were preserved in the off-season, a decision that overturned a precedent-setting case from 1992 that he played a part in. Toogood, who was admitted to the bar in 1973 and appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1999 before being appointed a High Court judge in 2011, represented the meat industry in NZ Meat Workers Union v Richmond in 1992. That was a key cas...