Port Otago Limited v Environmental Defence Society Incorporated

[2020] NZCA 246

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF NEW ZEALAND

I TE KŌTI PĪRA O AOTEAROA

 CA240/2020
 [2020] NZCA 246

BETWEEN	PORT OTAGO LIMITED Applicant
AND	ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INCORPORATED First Respondent OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Second Respondent ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED Third Respondent MARLBOROUGH DISTRICT COUNCIL Fourth Respondent

Court:	Cooper and Brown JJ
Counsel:	L A Anderson QC for Applicant D A Allan and M C Wright for First Respondent A J Logan for Second Respondent P D Anderson and W Jennings for Third Respondent J W Maassen and B Mead for Fourth Respondent
Judgment: (On the papers)	23 June 2020 at 10.30 am

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

The application for leave to appeal is granted on the following question of law: 

Did the High Court misapply the Supreme Court’s decision in Environment Defence Society Inc v New Zealand King Salmon Co Ltd?[1]

[1]Environment Defence Society Inc v New Zealand King Salmon Co Ltd [2014] NZSC 38, [2014] 1 NZLR 593.

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Solicitors:
McMillan & Co, Dunedin for Applicant
Ellis Gould, Auckland for First Respondent
Ross Dowling Marquet Griffin, Dunedin for Second Respondent