29 Mar 2017
DEAN v CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT [2017] NZHC 588
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 588
- Court
- High Court
Interim relief was granted because the applicant demonstrated particular adverse consequences — namely the loss of the contractual undertaking from the Minister not to deport her until a valid decision under s 177(3) was made — and showed a respectable case on multiple grounds (possible mistake of fact about the sponsor's criminal history, arguable breach of natural justice for failure to put prejudicial information to the applicant, and arguable failure to comply with s 177(5) in recording international obligations). Depriving the applicant of the benefit of the Minister's undertaking by dep…