Moncrief-Spittle v Regional Facilities Auckland Ltd - [2022] 1 NZLR 459

Administrative law — Judicial review — Whether exercise of public power — Decision by Council-Controlled Organisation to cancel hire of venue for speaker meeting — Whether acting for Council — Observations on “heckler’s veto” — Whether decision unreasonable.

Human rights — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Freedom of Expression and Assembly — Decision by Council-Controlled Organisation to cancel hire of venue for speaker meeting — Observations on “heckler’s veto” — Whether decision justifiable limitation on applicants’ rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 ss 3, 5, 14 and 16.

Local government — Council-Controlled Organisations — Decision by Council-Controlled Organisation to cancel hire of venue for speaker meeting — Whether acting for Council — Whether decision exercise of public power — Whether decision unreasonable.