26 Apr 2019
MIDDELDORP v AVONDALE JOCKEY CLUB INC [2019] NZHC 901
- Citation
- [2019] NZAR 738
- Court
- High Court
The Court held the Club's Rules did not confer a power on the Committee to suspend elected committee members and such a disciplinary power could not be implied; however the Committee validly appointed a sub-committee to hear complaints as a procedural matter, the procedural requirements of natural justice were met for both suspensions, the suspensions had evidential foundation and were not Wednesbury-unreasonable, the Committee lawfully declined the 14 membership applications on bona fide grounds, and pragmatic terms permitting operation with fewer than the prescribed number of committee memb…