Wyeth (NZ) Limited v Ancare New Zealand Limited and The Environmental Risk Management Authority - SC 57/2009

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Summary

Civil Appeal - Statutory Interpretation - whether the Court of Appeal erred in interpreting the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996; whether the Act requires or entitles the Environmental Risk Management Authority to refuse to disclose the identity of a hazardous substance and/or its chemical composition; whether the Act allows the Environmental Risk Management Authority to require that the identity of a hazardous substance and/or its chemical composition be provided on the basis of confidentiality undertakings. [2009] NZCA 211  CA  424/2007    27 May 2009

Result

Application for leave to appeal granted.
25 September 2009
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The appeal is dismissed with no order for costs.
23 April 2010

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