27 Aug 2020
R v CARE CO-ORDINATOR [2020] NZCA 364
- Citation
- [2020] NZCA 364
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court dismissed the appeal and held that a writ of habeas corpus was not the appropriate procedure because the central issues (whether the Family Court retained jurisdiction to defer or extend the compulsory care order and related Bill of Rights questions) were the subject of a pending appeal to the High Court and required full consideration there; the Court declined to pronounce on the lawfulness of the detention via habeas corpus given the existing appellate pathway.