24 Mar 2023
WALLACE AND GLOVER v RNZSPCA [2023] NZHC 617
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 617
- Court
- High Court
Body‑cam recordings were not admitted as fresh evidence because they were disclosed pretrial and could have been adduced at trial; the trial judge's adverse credibility findings were supportable on the record and prosecution witnesses were properly assessed as credible; a nine‑year disqualification was a lawful, open and proportionate exercise of s169(3) having regard to the extent and wilfulness of neglect and other s169 factors; the costs order was properly founded on s173(1) and proportionate as a contribution to SPCA expenses.