Strongman Electric Supply Company Limited v Thames Valley Electric Power Board and Others - [1964] NZLR 592

Local government — Compensation — Electric Power Board — Damage arising from exercise of powers — Whether compensation limited to damage which would have been actionable apart from statute — Whether damage of personal nature compensatable — Electric Power Boards Act 1925, s. 94.

Local government — Electric Power Board — Liability for compensation — Damage arising from exercise of powers — Whether compensation limited to damage which would have been actionable apart from statute — Whether damage of personal nature compensatable — Electric Power Boards Act 1925, s. 94.

Courts — Jurisdiction — Inferior tribunal — Certiorari taken away by statute — Tribunal assuming jurisdiction over matter before it — Such assumption of jurisdiction based on erroneous decision of question of law — Whether assumption of jurisdiction reviewable — Land Valuation Court Act 1948, s. 17.