Auckland Electric Power Board v Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Ltd - [1994] 1 NZLR 551

Trade and commerce — Monopolies — Electricorp monopoly supplier of power — Electricorp under contractual and common law obligation to supply power at fair and reasonable price — Contractual obligation terminated by Electricorp — Whether termination provided basis for claim of abuse of monopoly power.

Corporate bodies — State-owned enterprises — State-owned enterprise incorporated under Companies Act 1955 - State-owned enterprises under statutory requirement to act as a successful business — Whether statutory requirement imposed duty giving rise to action for breach — State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986, s 4(1).

Administrative law — Judicial review — State-owned enterprises — State-owned enterprise terminating contract to supply electric power — Whether decision to terminate an exercise of a statutory power — Whether decision amenable to judicial review — Judicature Amendment Act 1972, s 4(1).