25 Oct 2019
RONGOTAI INVESTMENTS LIMITED v WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL [2019] NZHC 2742
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2742
- Court
- High Court
The application for a separate expedited hearing of the legal question was declined because the disputed statutory issue (interpretation of "land value" and s21) is not a discrete jurisdictional point separable from the valuation exercise; it is fact‑dependent and requires expert evidence and market context, the proposed process would cause delay and prejudice to sequentially scheduled tribunal hearings, and parties had agreed a timetable to resolve related objections. Leave to cross-appeal out of time was granted to Wellington International Airport because it is a "person affected" under s26…