4 Dec 2017
LOPES v NZ POLICE [2017] NZHC 2991
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 2991
- Court
- High Court
The High Court dismissed the appeal because the offending was deliberate, premeditated and not minor; the judge's credibility findings were open on the evidence; and the direct and indirect consequences of conviction were not out of all proportion to the gravity of the offence given the discretionary role of the Valuers Registration Board and lack of evidence that conviction would inevitably cause deregistration or disproportionate employment consequences.