13 Oct 2017
MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION v DONGMEI WU [2017] NZHC 2514
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 2514
- Court
- High Court
The High Court (Hinton J) granted leave to appeal because the questions whether the Tribunal must give weight to unsubstantiated post‑hearing information about a New Zealand citizen child's foreign law status and whether s 228(2) precludes the Tribunal from making its own inquiries into foreign law/legislative facts are matters of general and public importance and are seriously arguable; these questions merit determination by the Court of Appeal, particularly given the Supreme Court's directions on protecting the interests of New Zealand citizen children.