16 Dec 2020
PRITCHARD v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2020] NZHC 3363
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 3363
- Court
- High Court
Counsel's assessment and advice that the appellant need not give evidence was misplaced, the appellant was not provided with adequate contemporaneous advice or a brief to enable an informed election, important prosecution evidence remained uncontradicted and a miscarriage of justice resulted; appeal allowed and retrial ordered.