5 Jul 2023
PRICE v AUCKLAND COUNCIL [2023] NZHC 1733
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 1733
- Court
- High Court
The court refused to extend time to appeal the conviction because the grounds were weak and the claimed employment disqualification was incorrect; applying Hill, the statutory focus is on the immediate circumstances of the attack and failures of control are not 'exceptional', and here Cash's escape from a slipped collar and two‑minute attack on Zac did not meet the high threshold of exceptional circumstances under s 57(3), so the destruction order was correctly made and the appeal is dismissed.