Wawatai(Tate) - Estate of Te Raana Waiti (2014) 88 Taitokerau MB 233 (88 TTK 233) [pdf, 110 KB]
...Mitchell the doctrine of res judicata is explained as follows: 2 [28] The principles relating to the doctrine are set out in Chapter 7 entitled “Legal Nature of Powers” in Administrative Law (9th edition) by H W R Wade and C F Forsyth (Oxford University Press 2004). Res judicata is discussed at page 243 and following. The definition of res judicata is given as follows: “One special variety of estoppel is res judicata. This results from the rule which prevents the parties to a...