28 Mar 2008
SMITHER V THE NEW ZEALAND PAROLE BOARD HC CHCH CIV-2007-409-002423
- Citation
- openlaw-a2e68551_1abe_4015_9a48_7aeda5f67467.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The Parole Board did not err by taking the victims' views into account as a subsidiary, non-determinative consideration; victims' views inform the Board but do not confer a veto and the Board properly applied the paramount consideration of community safety in declining parole.