Cases / Water use · New Zealand · 2023
New Zealand Supreme Court bars transfer of industrial water permit to bottling
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
The Supreme Court of New Zealand ruled in 2023 that an industrial water permit cannot be transferred to bottling. The ruling limits the transfer of such permits to bottled-water production.
What?
The Supreme Court of New Zealand ruled that an industrial water permit cannot be transferred to bottling. Supreme Court of New Zealand
Where?
New Zealand Supreme Court of New Zealand
When?
2023 (judgment [2023] NZSC 153) Supreme Court of New Zealand
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
A court ruling on the transfer of an industrial water permit to bottling. Supreme Court of New Zealand
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
The Supreme Court of New Zealand ruled in [2023] NZSC 153 that an industrial water permit cannot be transferred to bottling.
The judgment is published by the court as a PDF under its public case reference.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
- 2023Outcome not on record[2023] NZSC 153Supreme Court of New Zealand · Civil · →
The court ruled that an industrial water permit cannot be transferred to bottling. Supreme Court of New Zealand
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Court
- Unclear [2023] NZSC 153: outcome not on record.
Record
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: the parties, the water source, or the volumes involved.
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: what the ruling means for any existing bottling operation.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators✓ Courts— Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Courts
- [2023] NZSC 153 (judgment)Supreme Court of New Zealand · 2023