13 Apr 2021
RAMEKA v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2021] NZHC 798
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 798
- Court
- High Court
The claim constituted a collateral attack on final criminal decisions (trial judge's admissibility ruling and jury conviction upheld on appeal and dismissed by the Supreme Court for leave), the plaintiff had full opportunity to litigate those matters, and allowing the civil proceeding would be an abuse of process; therefore the statement of claim must be struck out and the proceeding dismissed.