Strongman Electric Supply Company Limited v Thames Valley Electric Power Board - [1962] NZLR 936

Local government — Compensation — Electric Power Board — Licence to generate and distribute electric power held by company — Licence to terminate on Power Board taking over supply of power in district — Whether licensee entitled to compensation when licence terminated on this ground — Whether compensation limited to damage which would have been actionable apart from statute — Electric Power Boards Act 1925, s. 94.

Local government — Electric Power Board — Liability for compensation — Licence to generate and distribute electric power held by company — Licence to terminate on Power Board taking over supply of power in district — Whether licensee entitled to compensation when licence terminated on this ground — Whether compensation limited to damage which would have been actionable apart from statute — Electric Power Boards Act 1925, s. 94.