12 Jun 2012
DHINDSA V THE SECRETARY OF LABOUR COA CA340/2012
- Citation
- DHINDSA V THE SECRETARY OF LABOUR COA CA340/2012
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The appeal was dismissed because the immigration officials and the Minister had expressly considered the appellant's family circumstances and New Zealand's international obligations (notably ICCPR); given that substantive rights of the family had been taken into account and the Minister waived the five‑year re‑entry requirement, more explicit treatment of UNCROC as applying to an unborn child would not have produced a different outcome, and the appellant lacked a respectable chance of success to justify interim relief under s 8.