Financial Services Complainants Ltd v Chief Ombudsman - [2018] 2 NZLR 884

Administrative law — Judicial review — Exercise of statutory discretion — Application for use of name “ombudsman” — Policy used to determine application — Whether policy unlawful fetter on Chief Ombudsman’s discretion — Consistency with statutory purpose — Consideration of proliferation of name and risk of confusion — Whether policy precluding decision maker from taking into account other relevant considerations — Different treatment of similar schemes in same sector — Parliamentary Commissioner (Ombudsman) Act 1962, s 2(2).