19 Sept 2006
FEDERATED FARMERS OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED V FEDERATED FARMERS OF NEW ZEALAND (NORTHLAND PROVINCE) INCORPORATED AND ANOR CA CA162/05
- Citation
- openlaw-39adb02b_f999_422a_82ab_d2b0304fff8d.pdf
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Registrar was entitled to form the opinion under s11A(1)(b) that Northland's registered name was undesirable because the distinctive phrase 'Federated Farmers' coupled with 'Northland Province' implied a provincial relationship with the Federation that no longer existed in practice; the High Court erred in reversing the Registrar and in deferring the name decision due to related litigation, so the Registrar's direction to change the name is restored.
- Change of society name
- Registrar powers under s11a
- Undesirable name doctrine
- Branch vs parent society membership
- Appeal from registrar decision