Brookfields
Added: Feb 8, 2012
Whangarei District Council has succeeded in avoiding an interim injunction sought by lessees to restrain it from marketing or selling the reversions of leased land in Whangarei.
When it comes to commercial matters it sometimes seems local authorities are expected to extend a greater degree of consideration to the interests of other parties than would be the case with any other commercial operator. But in fact the commercial operations of local authorities are managed for the benefit of their constituents, and no one should expect anything other than strictly commercial terms to apply to their business relationships.