23 Dec 2009
HARONGA V WAITANGI TRIBUNAL AND ORS HC WN CIV-2009-485-2277
- Citation
- openlaw-e852de54_ae9e_4d91_ad42_68036bb77ee5.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the Tribunal did not err in law in declining an urgent remedies hearing: the Tribunal lawfully exercised its discretion under the ToWA and its established remedies practice to refrain from intervening while district-wide settlement negotiations (advocated by the Tribunal) were ongoing; applicant failed to demonstrate formal withdrawal of the mandated body's mandate or significant and irreversible prejudice justifying urgent intervention; no breach of natural justice was made out.