13 Feb 2012
HART v THE STANDARDS COMMITTEE (NO 1) OF THE NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY SC 129/2011
- Citation
- HART v THE STANDARDS COMMITTEE (NO 1) OF THE NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY SC 129/2011
- Court
- Supreme Court
The application for leave to appeal was dismissed because there was no arguable error in the Tribunal, High Court or Court of Appeal decisions declining suppression; the open justice principle governs disciplinary proceedings and high public profile does not create a presumptive right to suppression, so the earlier discretionary decisions were within acceptable legal bounds.