New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Customary law claim

Legal area

Court

2 Aug 2019

TE AMO v CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [2019] NZHC 1880

Citation

[2019] NZHC 1880
Court

High Court

The Department produced a valid warrant of commitment showing a judicially imposed two month sentence; that evidence established lawful detention, so the habeas corpus application failed and must be declined.
19 Dec 2017

WATENE v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2017] NZHC 3252

Citation

[2017] NZHC 3252
Court

High Court

The applicant's detention was lawful under an appropriate warrant and habeas corpus is not the correct procedure to challenge remand/bail decisions or to seek discharge or recognition of restorative justice; accordingly the application is dismissed under the principles in s14(2) and s14(1A) of the Habeas Corpus Act 2001.