GE Free NZ in Food and Environment Incorporated v AgResearch Limited and Anor - SC 38/2010

Civil Appeal – Whether applications by AgResearch to import new genetically modified organisms were improperly registered for consideration by ERMA under s 40 of Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 – Whether applications so broad and generic as to be non-compliant with statutory information requirements – Whether applications must contain sufficient information at outset to allow meaningful public participation – Whether acceptance of applications a proper subject for judicial review.[2010] NZCA 89 CA 380/2009   23 March 2010