Henderson Borough Council v Auckland Regional Authority - [1984] 1 NZLR 16

Statutes — Statutory interpretation — Local government — Transport levies — Method of calculating the excess costs of public passenger transport services in the greater Auckland area — Whether s 46 of the Auckland Transport Board Act 1928 had been impliedly repealed by the Auckland Regional Authority Act 1963.

Practice and procedure — Costs — Local authority had been represented by a salaried legal adviser both as solicitor and counsel — Whether local authority, which was successful in litigation, should be refused an award of costs because it had been represented by an employee.