9 Mar 2010
AWHITU (AFAKASI SLADE) AND ORS V THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS HC AK CIV-2010-404-001338
- Citation
- openlaw-3fb85fee_0071_40ef_8455_da52270c8801.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The detainees were lawfully detained pursuant to ss 59 and 60 of the Immigration Act 1987, there were no outstanding immigration applications or appeals and no impediment to removal, therefore the habeas corpus application lacked merit and was dismissed; the purported representative had no standing but was permitted to speak and the intituling was amended to substitute the Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections as defendant.