Air New Zealand Ltd v Overseas Investment Commission - [1986] 2 NZLR 470

Administrative law — Judicial review — Interim order — Disclosure of confidential information to a business competitor — Duty to act fairly — Application for consent to foreign investment — Overseas Investment Commission refused to divulge information to a business competitor who wished to make submissions on the application — Whether Commission had a duty to the competitor to supply the information sought — Whether the Commission could properly perform its statutory function if it did not receive submissions from the competitor — Whether an interim order should be granted — Judicature Amendment Act 1972, ss 3 and 8 — Overseas Investment Act 1973, ss 7 and 9.