NZ BIG GAME FISHING COUNCIL INC AND ANOR v SANFORD LIMITED AND ORS SC 40/2008
[2 October 2008]
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND
SC 40/2008
[2008] NZSC 74
BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND BIG GAME FISHING COUNCIL INC
First Appellant
AND THE NEW ZEALAND RECREATIONAL FISHING COUNCIL INC
Second Appellant
AND SANFORD LIMITED, SEALORD GROUP LIMITED AND PELAGIC & TUNA NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
First Respondents
AND MINISTER OF FISHERIES
Second Respondent
AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF FISHERIES
Third Respondent
Court: Elias CJ and McGrath J
Counsel: A R Galbraith QC and S Ryan for Appellants
B A Scott and G T Carter for First Respondent
A E L Ivory and P A McCarthy for Second and Third Respondents
Judgment: 2 October 2008
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
A The application for leave to appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Sanford Ltd v The New Zealand
Recreational Fishing Council Inc [2008] NZCA 160 is granted.
B The approved ground of appeal is:
Did the Minister of Fisheries, when setting the total allowable commercial catch for Kahawai under s 21 of the Fisheries
Act 1996 in 2004 and 2005, act in accordance with statutory requirements?
C The appellants’ application for leave to respond to the submissions of the respondents on the leave application is
consequentially dismissed.
REASONS
[1] The application for leave to appeal is granted on the basis of the first appellant’s submissions of 6 August 2008 in
support of granting leave. Having considered those submissions, along with submissions from the respondents each dated
27 August 2008, it was not necessary for the Court to address the further “factual context” submissions made for the
appellants dated 3 September 2008. The appellants’ application for leave to file the further submissions in reply to
those of the respondents is accordingly dismissed.
Solicitors:
Hesketh Henry, Auckland for Appellants
Chapman Tripp , Wellington for First Respondents
Crown Law Office, Wellington for Second and Third Respondents