30 Nov 2022
STEVENS v THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [2022] NZHC 3167
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 3167
- Court
- High Court
Leave to cross-examine the deponent Ms Dayle McKibbon was granted because the Prison Director, who made the challenged decisions, was incapacitated and unavailable to provide evidence, making the deponent's recommendations and reasons central to testing the lawfulness and reasonableness of the segregation orders; cross-examination was limited, tightly focused on identified factual disputes linked to pleaded grounds, and subject to strict time and case-management directions.