The Proprietors of Atihau-Wanganui v Malpas - [1980] 1 NZLR 1

Practice — Appeals to Privy Council — Leave to appeal — "The decision of the Court of Appeal shall be final": Land Valuation Proceedings Act 1948, s 18A(4) — Valuation of land at termination of lease to assess compensation for improvements — Decision of Administrative Division of Supreme Court on a preliminary question of law affirmed by Court of Appeal — Valuer-General had exercised his right of audience under s 53 of the Maori Vested Lands Administration Act 1954 — Whether the Valuer-General had standing to seek leave to appeal — Whether s 18A(4) prevented the Court of Appeal granting leave to appeal.