English v Bay of Islands Licensing Committee - [1921] NZLR 127

Licensing — Renewal of License refused — No Proof that Refusal was for an Irrelevant Reason — Public Declaration that Licensing Committee would not renew unless Premises rebuilt — Bias — Probability that Committee would be affected by Conscious or Unconscious Bias — Mandamus — Certiorari — No legal Bar to quashing of Order on Ground that Committee is the only Tribunal that can hear and determine Application for Renewal — Licensing Act, 1908, ss 42, 49.