15 Dec 2023
SHARMA v AUCKLAND COUNCIL [2023] NZHC 1755
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 1755
- Court
- High Court
Applying Hill, the High Court held there was no error in the District Court judge's application of law: the inquiry is confined to the immediate circumstances of the attack, pre- and post-attack history and assurances about future management are irrelevant, and the cumulative matrix of factors and "play gone wrong" did not amount to the exceptional circumstances required by s57(3); the destruction order for Kaiser was therefore upheld.