26 Sept 2018
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT v L [2018] NZHC 2528
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 2528
- Court
- High Court
Benefit Review Committees could not lawfully issue decisions under fictitious names or signatures absent express legislative authority because that practice breached the respondent's s27 NZBORA right to natural justice by preventing informed challenges to appointment or bias; Health and Safety at Work Act duties and recognised common law doctrines do not implicitly authorize anonymity and the common law cannot be developed to override that right; s5 NZBORA does not justify the limitation in the circumstances.