New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Name suppression/publication

Legal area

Court

10 Jul 2017

FF (CA383/2016) v R [2017] NZCA 294

Citation

[2017] NZCA 294
Court

Court of Appeal

Given the appellant's prompt and detailed admissions, highly valuable assistance that identified and advanced investigations into higher‑level offenders, and only a short delay in formal guilty plea, the Court applied a full 60% all‑up discount to a 12.5 year starting point yielding a five year sentence and concluded that the statutory purposes in s 86(2) did not require a minimum period of imprisonment; extension of time to appeal granted.
26 Jul 2007

DEAN V WELLINGTON DISTRICT LAW SOCIETY AND ANOR HC WN CIV 2006-485-2961

Citation

openlaw-61155b9b_4e13_4046_960f_fbcdaaf69339.pdf
Court

High Court

On the proved facts the appellant's touching of the complainant's back and buttocks under her T-shirt while she was his client amounted to activity of a sexual nature and conduct unbecoming; the Tribunal was entitled to take the earlier photography incident into account as contextual evidence of sexual motivation; and the public interest in openness and protection of potential clients outweighed the appellant's interest in suppression, so the Tribunal's suppression order as to the appellant's name was reversed by this Court.
6 Dec 2006

TAYLOR V JONES SC 88/2006

Citation

SC 88/2006
Court

Supreme Court

The High Court habeas corpus order of 18 October 2006 was a final order for appeal purposes so the Court of Appeal had jurisdiction; accordingly the Supreme Court allowed Taylor's appeal and quashed the High Court orders made on 18 October 2006 except for the order relating to publication of Taylor's name, ordered suppression of Taylor's name to lapse at 9 a.m. on 7 December 2006 and ordered the sealed affidavit returned to counsel; Skelton's appeal was dismissed and Keane J's imprisonment order was not separately before this Court.

New Zealand Case Law

FF (CA383/2016) v R [2017] NZCA 294

DEAN V WELLINGTON DISTRICT LAW SOCIETY AND ANOR HC WN CIV 2006-485-2961

TAYLOR V JONES SC 88/2006