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New Zealand Case Law

Competence to plead
  • 28 May 2020

    OSBORNE v R [2020] NZCA 192

    Citation
    [2020] NZCA 192
    Court
    Court of Appeal

    The recall application was declined because the applicant failed to establish a fundamental procedural error in the 2010 appeal: the Court had considered provocation and found no adequate factual foundation given inconsistent accounts and overwhelming forensic evidence; the new psychiatric report did not demonstrate lack of capacity to plead or otherwise change that conclusion; and alternative remedies exist, so no recall was warranted.