30 Jun 2020
RANGITIRA DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED v SAGE and WOODS [2020] NZHC 1503
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1503
- Court
- High Court
On the balance of probabilities the applicant failed to show Minister Sage was predeter-mined or disqualified by apparent bias; Ministers read and considered the Decision Report and materials, addressed and weighed the mandatory s61(2) factors including the Crown Minerals Act s1A purpose, and applied correct legal principles; officials' advice was not legally tainted and no breach of natural justice or improper purpose was established — therefore the decision to decline the access arrangement was lawful and the judicial review failed.