29 Mar 2022
TRANTER v CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MANAWATU PRISON [2022] NZHC 599
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 599
- Court
- High Court
Employment termination was an operational management decision not shown to be punitive for the medication allegation and not reviewable; the Visiting Justice did not err in declining representation given the charge's minor and straightforward nature, but the conviction was quashed because the prosecution failed to prove the essential element that the prisoner disobeyed an instruction to swallow medication—there was no evidence of a formal instruction to swallow and the rule required showing swallowing to the nurse's satisfaction, which was not established.