New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Interpretation of constitution

Legal area

Court

27 Feb 2017

WONG v UNITED CHINESE ASSOCIATIONS OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED [2017] NZHC 274

Citation

[2017] NZHC 274
Court

High Court

The 25 October 2015 committee meeting was conducted in breach of natural justice because the persons controlling the meeting deliberately excluded discussion and denied the plaintiff a fair opportunity to defend himself and were deficient in notice of the specific allegations relied upon; accordingly the termination vote is invalid and the plaintiff remains a member of the executive committee.
3 Nov 2009

NZ THOROUGHBRED RACING INC HC WN CIV 2009-485-001767

Citation

openlaw-c80b988b_7d26_4d58_b3f6_36ec9e2518c5.pdf
Court

High Court

Clause 19 increases the majority required for constitutional amendments to three‑fifths but does not change the basis on which votes are allocated; votes for amendments are to be counted in accordance with clause 9.6(d) (one vote per race date allocated to each Totalisator Club in the racing year, reduced by any race dates relinquished or forfeited), and the three‑fifths majority is of those votes cast.