{"id":580434,"date":"2026-08-26T02:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T02:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/580434\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T02:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T02:18:11","slug":"jarden-barrenjoey-poaching-claims-jarden-loses-opening-salvo-told-to-try-employment-relations-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/580434\/","title":{"rendered":"Jarden-Barrenjoey poaching claims: Jarden loses opening salvo, told to try Employment Relations Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Reynolds and Schenone, Philip Skelton KC argued the Employment Court had no jurisdiction to force the clones to be handed over.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe clones contain the respondents\u2019 personal and private information, [and] may contain privileged information.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said Jarden was upset about Barrenjoey entering its market and was speculating without any evidence that Reynolds and Schenone had breached employment agreements.<\/p>\n

Jarden counsel Brian Dickey KC said it was unacceptable that the phones were cloned without Jarden\u2019s independent forensic expert present.<\/p>\n

He said the Australian company \u201ctried to raid a wide spectrum of staff\u201d across all Jarden business divisions.<\/p>\n

Jarden indicated that if the Employment Court declined the application for want of jurisdiction, it would re-file its application in the Employment Relations Authority.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter having heard from the parties, the current application is declined for want of jurisdiction,\u201d Judge Beck said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe applicant should proceed with urgency in the authority.\u201d<\/p>\n

John Weekes<\/a> is a business journalist covering aviation. He also has experience covering consumer affairs, crime, politics and courts.<\/p>\n

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