Walker v Mount Victoria Residents Association Inc - [1991] 2 NZLR 520

Clubs and associations — Legal proceedings — Standing — Secretary of incorporated society, on instructions of some members of executive committee, lodged appeal with Planning Tribunal, and his actions were subsequently ratified by executive committee — Whether executive committee had authority to act for society — Whether ratification of secretary's actions validated those actions — Whether society had standing at appeal — Observations as to whether rigid rules as to vires of acts of companies should apply to vires of acts of incorporated societies — Incorporated Societies Act 1908, ss 4, 10, 19 and 20.