20 Jul 2011
HAMPTON V CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY AUTHORITY HC CHCH CIV 2011-409-001368
- Citation
- openlaw-cb49e734_f9ba_45bc_8144_dd4b80de24a7.pdf
- Court
- High Court
Interim relief was refused because CERA had a sufficient evidential basis from multiple expert reports and repeated assessments to reasonably conclude the building presented a serious and imminent risk to people and adjacent property; alternatives were considered and found impracticable or too slow to remove the immediate risk; the public safety imperative outweighed the applicant's interest and the court must not substitute its own merits assessment for CERA's lawful exercise of wide statutory powers.