HARONGA V WAITANGI TRIBUNAL AND OTHERS SC 54/2010
Leave to appeal was granted limited to the single approved ground: whether the presiding Judge of the Waitangi Tribunal erred in law in declining an urgent remedies hearing.
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- Citation
- SC 54/2010
- Parties
- Applicant: Alan Parekura Torohina Haronga; First Respondent: Waitangi Tribunal and Others; Second Respondent: The Attorney-General; Third Respondent: Te Whakarau (formerly Te Pou a Haokai)
- Court
- Supreme Court
- Jurisdiction
- New Zealand
- Judgment Date
- 10 August 2010
- Procedural Posture
- Application for Leave to Appeal / Leave Granted
- Outcome
- Application for leave to appeal granted limited to the question whether the presiding Judge erred in law in declining an urgent remedies hearing
- Legal Topics
- Leave to Appeal, Urgent Remedies, Procedural Fairness, Jurisdiction, Judicial Review
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Parties
Alan Parekura Torohina Haronga
Applicant
Waitangi Tribunal and Others
First Respondent
The Attorney-General
Second Respondent
Te Whakarau (formerly Te Pou a Haokai)
Third Respondent
Procedural Posture
Application for Leave to Appeal / Leave Granted
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the presiding Judge in the Waitangi Tribunal erred in law by declining an urgent remedies hearing
- 2 Whether leave to appeal to the Supreme Court should be granted limited to that question
Ratio Decidendi
Leave to appeal was granted limited to the single approved ground: whether the presiding Judge of the Waitangi Tribunal erred in law in declining an urgent remedies hearing.
Court Disposition
Application for leave to appeal granted limited to the question whether the presiding Judge erred in law in declining an urgent remedies hearing
Orders
- Application for leave to appeal granted
- Leave limited to the approved ground: whether the presiding Judge erred in law in declining an urgent remedies hearing
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HARONGA V WAITANGI TRIBUNAL AND OTHERS SC 54/2010 10 August 2010IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND SC 54/2010 [2010] NZSC 98BETWEEN ALAN PAREKURA TOROHINA HARONGA Applicant AND WAITANGI TRIBUNAL AND OTHERS First Respondent AND THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL Second Respondent AND TE WHAKARAU (FORMERLY TE POU A HAOKAI) Third Respondent Court: Elias CJ, Blanchard and Tipping JJ Counsel: B W F Brown QC and K Feint for Applicant V L Hardy and C Linkhorn for First and Second Respondents T Bennion and F Khan for Third Respondent Judgment: 10 August 2010 JUDGMENT OF THE COURTA The application for leave to appeal is granted. B The approved ground is whether in making his decision of 21 October 2009 in Wai 1489 to decline an urgent remedies hearing, the presiding Judge in the Waitangi Tribunal erred in law.Solicitors: Gibson Sheat, Wellington for Applicant Crown Law Office, Wellington for First and Second Respondents Bennion Law, Wellington for Third Respondent