Morrison v Upper Hutt City Council

Morrison v Upper Hutt City Council
Morrison v Upper Hutt City Council
Court	Court of Appeal of New Zealand
Full case name	Morrison v Upper Hutt City Council
Decided	18 February 1998
Citation	[1998] 2 NZLR 331, [1998] NZRMA 224
Court membership
Judges sitting	Richardson P, Gault J, Tipping J
Keywords
	negligence

Morrison v Upper Hutt City Council [1998] 2 NZLR 331, [1998] NZRMA 224 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding negligence claims against the government.^[1]^[2]

Background

After first granting Morrison a building consent to build a new town house, the UHCC later withdrew the consent after discovering it had been issued outside of the District Plan.

Morrison appealed successfully to the Environment Court, and subsequently sought damages from the council.

Held

The court ruled that a council had no liability for making what is a quasi judicial decision.

References

^ McLay, Geoff (2003). Butterworths Student Companion Torts (4th ed.). LexisNexis. ISBN 0-408-71686-X.
^ "The Law of Negligence in New Zealand After Murphy, by Mr Stephen Todd, University of Canterbury" (PDF).

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[McLay-1] McLay, Geoff (2003). Butterworths Student Companion Torts (4th ed.). LexisNexis. ISBN 0-408-71686-X.

[2] "The Law of Negligence in New Zealand After Murphy, by Mr Stephen Todd, University of Canterbury" (PDF).

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