Wellington Standards Committee v Hall [2012] NZLCDT 7 [pdf, 117 KB]
...is of course not a criminal case, the Tribunal considers it is an application to strike out a case on the basis that it discloses no reasonably arguable cause of action. The principles to be applied in such a case are summarised by the Court of Appeal in Attorney-General v Prince & Gardner1 and endorsed by the Supreme Court in Couch v Attorney-General.2 Significantly an application to strike on this basis must proceed only in those cases where the