20 Sept 2018
VIVEK SHARMA v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2018] NZHC 2471
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 2471
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the District Court did not err: the offending was properly assessed as of moderate gravity given recidivism and prior high reading; deportation was not inevitable because s172 confers ministerial discretion to suspend or cancel liability and reactivation does not guarantee removal; consequently the consequences of conviction were not out of all proportion and a discharge without conviction was not warranted.