New Zealand Public Service Association Inc and Others v Hamilton City Council - [1997] 1 NZLR 30

Judicial review — Interim order — Decision by council to put various contestable services out to tender — Whether council acted unlawfully by failing to give due consideration to the advantages and disadvantages of different options — Whether council had predetermined the outcome — Whether council entitled to depart from annual plan — Consequences of departure from plan — Whether breach of the statutory procedure — Exercise of Court's discretion — Meaning of "due consideration" — Local Government Act 1974, ss 223, 223D, 247D, 247E and 716A.