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New Zealand Case Law

Careless driving causing death and injury
  • 11 Mar 2022

    ROBINSON v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2022] NZHC 442

    Citation
    [2022] NZHC 442
    Court
    High Court

    The court concluded the sentencing Judge was not and could not properly be satisfied there was a significant risk of further offending related to alcohol use; the PSR did not identify a harmful alcohol pattern and the appellant's record and remorse weighed against a finding of significant risk; consequently the statutory prerequisites for imposing the drug and alcohol assessment and treatment conditions, the special post-detention treatment condition, and judicial monitoring were not met and those conditions were quashed; standard post-detention conditions were within the Judge's discretion a…

    • Special conditions of home detention
    • Post-detention conditions
    • Judicial monitoring
    • Careless driving causing death and injury
    • Reparation
    • Disqualification