26 Sept 2019
K (SC 70/2019) v R [2019] NZSC 102
- Citation
- [2019] NZSC 102
- Court
- Supreme Court
An extension of time to seek leave was granted because the short unopposed delay did not prejudice the Crown; leave was refused because the Court of Appeal had correctly analysed the relationship evidence as admissible contextual propensity evidence under the Evidence Act and the absence of a specific propensity/relationship direction did not produce a miscarriage of justice given the direct relevance of the evidence, the Crown's explanation to the jury, the self-evident limitations of the evidence, and the trial judge's summing up focus.