25 May 2022
A Governor-General reference under s 406(1)(a) authorises the Court to consider the conviction as an appeal of the whole case and does not confine the appellant to grounds specified in the reference; the Court retains power to exclude frivolous, vexatious or abusive grounds and recall remains an alternative exceptional remedy.
11 Nov 2020
The application for a non-party disclosure hearing was granted because the footage is likely held by TVNZ, it is at least broadly relevant to a ground of the Governor-General's reference concerning the location inconsistency, and the appellant has laid a realistic evidentiary foundation under s335(2)(e) such that the request is not a general fishing expedition; accordingly the matter should proceed to a s27 hearing and the Registrar ordered to take steps under s26 to enable it.