Perpetual Trustees and Another v Dunedin City - [1968] NZLR 19

Local government — Municipal corporations — Taking of land — Objection — Alternative scheme raised by objector — Reports obtained by local authority on alternative scheme — Objector refused opportunity of examining reports and being heard in answer to them — Whether refusal contrary to rules of natural justice — Municipal Corporations Act 1954, s. 163 (b), (c) — Public Works Act 1928, ss. 22, 23.

Public works — Taking of land — Objection — Rights of objector — Principles to be observed by local authority — Alternative scheme raised by objector — Reports on alternative scheme obtained by local authority — Whether objector entitled to examine reports and answer material in them — Principles of natural justice — Municipal Corporations Act 1954, s. 163 (b), (c) — Public Works Act 1928, ss. 22, 23.