Thames Valley Electric Power Board v Strongman Electric Supply Company Limited and Others - [1963] NZLR 438

Local government — Compensation — Electric Power Board — Licence held by company to generate and distribute electric power — Licence to terminate on Power Board taking over supply of power in district — Whether company 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 held by company to generate and distribute electric power — Licence to terminate on Power Board taking over supply of power in district — Whether company 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.

Courts — Jurisdiction — Inferior tribunal — Certiorari taken away by statute — Tribunal assuming jurisdiction over matter before it — Whether such assumption of jurisdiction subject to review by Supreme Court — Land Valuation Court Act 1948, s. 17.