25 Aug 2016
WATSON v THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [2016] NZHC 1996
- Citation
- [2016] NZAR1264
- Court
- High Court
Corrections' decision to refuse the journalist attendance in his professional capacity and to record the meeting was unreasonable because it failed to justify the interference with freedom of expression: Corrections did not adequately explain why professional attendance would materially threaten victims' interests or prison security given that the visit was approved and the journalist was already permitted as a facilitator, and it failed to take sufficient account of the high value of speech in alleged miscarriage cases; the decision is quashed and the matter is remitted for reconsideration w…