7 Aug 2020
BIRCH v CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [2020] NZHC 1997
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1997
- Court
- High Court
Because the respondent produced a lawful warrant remanding the applicant in custody and an order to produce him at the District Court, the applicant failed to demonstrate that his detention lacked lawful justification; the matters raised were not within the proper scope of habeas corpus and the writ was dismissed.