1 Oct 2020
WISLANG v THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2020] NZHC 2588
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 2588
- Court
- High Court
The application was dismissed because the pleadings failed to identify a justiciable statutory decision or legal error by WorkSafe or the responsible ministers: WorkSafe complied with reg 19 by publishing a generic safety audit standard designed to be tailored via SOPs and dynamic risk management; the Minister could not lawfully direct WorkSafe in individual registration matters (Crown Entities Act s113); the territorial and EEZ statutes did not confer the powers sought; the matters alleged were predominantly policy or the subject of ongoing specialist investigations, making judicial mandamus…