18 Feb 2022
BISHOP-LISTER v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2022] NZHC 216
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 216
- Court
- High Court
The High Court reduced the starting point for the driving-while-disqualified offences to 12 months (8 and 4 months), uplifted by 3 months for breaches of community-based sentences, applied the same discount proportionally (resulting in a five-month discount against the new starting point) and substituted a final sentence of 10 months' imprisonment; the Court held the aggregate driving disqualification as imposed was excessive, ordered a total disqualification of 18 months (concurrent for the two DWDS offences, cumulative for the failing-to-stop offence), and granted leave to apply for home de…