Attorney-General v Methodist Church of New Zealand - [1996] 1 NZLR 230

Public works — Compulsory acquisition of land — Right of persons from whom land taken to have land offered back when land no longer required for public work — Nature of such right — Whether right constitutes caveatable interest in land — Public Works Act 1981, s 40 — Local Government Act 1974, s 594ZG.

Property law — Caveat — Land compulsorily acquired for public works — Right of person from whom land taken to have land offered back when land no longer required for public work — Nature of such right — Whether right constitutes a caveatable interest in land — Public Works Act 1981, s 40 — Local Government Act 1974, s 594ZG.

Practice and procedure — Declarations — Disputed facts — Observations as to propriety of issuing declaratory judgment proceedings.