29 Jul 2021
THE DISTRICT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH v MCDONALD [2021] NZCA 353
- Citation
- [2021] 3 NZLR 585
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal held the District Court judges lawfully exercised inherent supervisory and allocative powers to direct that family-violence-related bail applications (and in Christchurch bail-variation applications) be dealt with by judges rather than registrars; those inherent powers are not clearly ousted by the statutory conferral of limited bail powers on registrars, and the High Court erred in setting the directions aside.
- Bail
- Jurisdiction of registrars
- Inherent judicial powers
- Delegation and assignment
- Judicial review
- Court practice directions