16 Mar 2017
STIRLING BLOODSTOCK LIMITED v NEW ZEALAND THOROUGHBRED RACING INCORPORATED [2017] NZHC 464
- Citation
- [2017]NZAR 547
- Court
- High Court
Article 14 does not exhaust or rigidly constrain NZTR’s broad discretionary power to refuse names; NZTR lawfully exercised that discretion when it declined 'Lip Up Fatty' and 'Rotten Culture' given contextual factors (including prior attempted name, Racing Australia’s view and meaning ascertainment); it did not err in refusing 'Rotten Culture' without awaiting Racing Australia because concurrence is only required if NZTR intended to approve; no relevant procedural or legal error was established and the judicial review application is dismissed.