25 Mar 2015
HAWKINS v THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [2015] NZHC 565
- Citation
- [2015] NZHC 565
- Court
- High Court
Habeas corpus application dismissed because the applicant's detention was lawful on the material before the Court and habeas corpus is not the proper vehicle to challenge a bail decision of a court of competent jurisdiction; any challenge to the bail decision should be by appeal and issues as to guilt or defences are matters for trial.
- Home detention
- Bail
- Unlawful detention
- Sentencing act 2002 s80f
- Habeas corpus act 2001 s14