12 Jul 2013
ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED v BULLER DISTRICT COUNCIL AND WEST COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL [2013] NZHC 1766
- Citation
- [2013] NZHC 1766
- Court
- High Court
Leave to appeal was dismissed because there was no question of law of sufficient general or public importance suitable for the Court of Appeal: the Environment Court made a dispositive factual finding that the Sullivan Mine implementation was speculative which legally precluded cumulative effects analysis; Far North (Carrington) rendered the permitted baseline point largely otiose in this context; and the first-in-time policy remains the law, so no sufficient legal error was shown to warrant leave.