The Weekly Law Reports
[1984] 3 WLR 884
[PRIVY COUNCIL]
PETER THOMAS MAHON APPELLANT AND AIR NEW ZEALAND LTD. AND OTHERS RESPONDENTS
[APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL OF NEW ZEALAND]
1983 July 5,
6,
7,
11,
12,
13,
14,
18,
19,
20,
21,
25,
26,
27;
Oct. 20
Oct. 20
Lord Diplock, Lord Keith off Kinkel, Lord Scarman, Lord Bridge of Harwich and Lord Templeman
Natural Justice
— Opportunity to meet charge
— Royal Commission's investigation
— Airline crash in Antarctica
— Commission's investigation into cause
— Finding that airline's management planned to conceal cause of crash
— Whether facts consistent with finding
— Whether persons likely to be adversely affected given opportunity to adduce additional material
— Whether finding contrary to natural justice
— New Zealand
— Royal Commission's report
— Whether open to judicial review
— Royal Commission's investigation of cause of air crash
— Airline's management found to have planned to conceal cause of crash
— Airline ordered to pay part of costs of commission
— Whether order for costs open to judicial review
— Whether to be quashed
— Whether commission's finding contrary to natural justice
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Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908 (No. 25 of 1908), s. 11
[1]
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Judicature Amendment Act 1972 (No. 130 of 1972), ss. 3, 4 (as amended by Judicature Amendment Act 1977 (No. 32 of 1977), ss. 10, 11)
[2]