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Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated v New Zealand Transport Agency - SC 25/2021

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Summary

Civil Appeal

Result

A Leave to appeal to this Court is granted (Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc v New Zealand Transport Agency [2021] NZHC 390).
B The approved question is whether the High Court was correct to dismiss the appeal against the decision of the Board of Inquiry.
28 May 2021
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A The appeal is allowed.
B The matter is remitted to the Board of Inquiry for reconsideration in line with the terms of this judgment.
C Costs are reserved.
11 April 2024

Date of Hearing

16 November 2021 — 18 November 2021

Judges

CJ Winkelmann, Young, Glazebrook, Ellen France and Williams JJ

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High Court decision — ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INC & NGĀTI WHĀTUA ŌRĀKEI WHAI MAIA LTD v NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY & ORS [2021] NZHC 390 [5 March 2021]

Leave judgment - leave granted — ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED v NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY [2021] NZSC 52 [28 May 2021] (PDF 139 KB)

Substantive judgment — ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INCOPORATED v NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY [2024] NZSC 26 [11 April 2024] (PDF 1.1 MB)