New South Wales – Where a public authority has exercised a power dependent on its prior formation of an opinion which was open on the facts before the authority, it is to be presumed, in default of reason to the contrary, that the requisite opinion was formed and the power was properly exercised.
Judges:
Lord Wilberforce, Viscount Dilhorne, Lord Pearson, Lord Kilbrandon, Lord Salmon
Citations:
[1973] UKPC 5, [1973] AC 774, [1973] 2 WLR 727
Links:
Commonwealth, Rating, Local Government
Updated: 19 September 2022; Ref: scu.444392
