Stadium legal challenge on Wednesday

The latest legal challenge to the Otago stadium will go before the High Court at Dunedin on Wednesday, when former Queenstown property developer Basil Walker attempts to get an interim injunction to stop the Otago Regional Council from funding the project.

The hearing has been scheduled for 9.30am before Justice Christine French.

A High Court spokesman said the hearing would be a "first call" to give a direction for the case rather than a full hearing, but he understood it was to be in public.

Mr Walker filed his application early this week.

He contends the council has no security for its funding because it would not own the stadium, and that the council had not made it clear whether interest or GST was included.

Regional council chief executive Graeme Martin said earlier this week the council was confident of its processes, would seek to have any injunction thrown out of court, and would pursue costs.