T Flexman Ltd v Franklin County Council - [1979] 2 NZLR 690

Administrative law — Fairness — Duty to give reasons — Levy imposed by local fire authority to recover costs of fire fighting — Legislation conferred a right of appeal against the authority's award to a judicial body — Whether the authority must comply with the rules of natural justice — Whether the authority should have stated the reasons for its award — Forest and Rural Fires Act 1955, ss 39 and 42.