9 Mar 2021
MCDONALD v THE DISTRICT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH [2021] NZHC 446
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 446
- Court
- High Court
Directions purportedly preventing Registrars from granting or varying bail in family violence cases were unlawful because they effectively removed statutory authority conferred on Registrars by the District Court Act, Bail Act and Criminal Procedure Act; s24 management powers cannot be used to override clear statutory jurisdiction. The impugned directions are declared unlawful and are quashed.