Johns and Another v Westland District Licensing Committee and Others (No. 2) - [1961] NZLR 577

Licensing — Licence — Application for removal of wholesale licence granted by Licensing Committee and chairman and clerk authorised to endorse licence on receipt of approval of Licensing Control Commission — Decision a final determination of application — Void when made but validated by subsequent legislation — Licensing Act 1960, s. 14 (2), (3).

Practice — Judgments and orders — Judgment ordering issue of writ of certiorari to quash invalid removal of licence — Order for removal validated by legislation before formal order or judgment drawn up and sealed — Power of Court to vary judgment — Nature of variation to be made.