4 Jun 2015
WATSON v CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [2015] NZHC 1227
- Citation
- (2015) 10 HRNZ 505
- Court
- High Court
The Chief Executive's decision to prohibit face-to-face interviews was unreasonable because it restricted the mode of communication without any rational connection to the stated aim of protecting victims: written communication remained permitted and could produce the same distress; prisoners retain a qualified s14 right to seek media interviews to raise alleged miscarriages of justice; accordingly the decision was quashed and remitted for reconsideration.