Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft Disaster / C.A. 95/81

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In the Court of Appeal of New Zealand—Between Air New Zealand Limited, First Applicant, and Morrison Ritchie Davis, Second Applicant, and Ian Harding Gemmell, Third Applicant, and Peter Thomas Mahon, First Respondent, and the Attorney-General, Fourth Respondent, and New Zealand Airline Pilots Association, Fifth Respondent, and the Attorney-General, Sixth Respondent.
Coram
Woodhouse P. Cooke J. Richardson J. McMullin J. Somers J.
Hearing
5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 October 1981.
Counsel
L.W. Brown Q.C. and R.J. McGrane for first and second applicants. D.A.R. Williams and L.L. Stevens for third applicant. G.P. Barton and R.S. Chambers for first respondent. C.J. McGuire for fourth respondent (Civil Aviation Division)—leave to withdraw. A.F. MacAlister and P.J. Davison for fifth respondent. W.D. Baragwanath and G.M. Harrison for sixth respondent.
Judgment