Muir v Franklin Licensing Committee - [1954] NZLR 152

Licensing — Licensing Committee — Member not Present during Entire Hearing but taking Part in Decision — Lapse not necessarily Fatal to Validity of Decision if No Objection taken and No Injustice done — Alleged Disqualification of Member on Ground of Bias — Member and Applicant for Licence Members of Same Political Party — Insufficient to justify Court's Interference with Committee's Decision — Licensing Act, 1908, ss 43 (2), 51.