New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Professional discipline

Legal area

Court

20 Apr 2020

RUSSELL v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2020] NZCA 103

Citation

[2020] NZCA 103
Court

Court of Appeal

Palmer J applied the s 200 test correctly; the applicant failed to prove extreme hardship because the adverse employment consequences of publication would be common to doctors generally and do not outweigh the public interest in disclosure for patients; accordingly there is no real risk of miscarriage of justice and no matter of general or public importance to justify leave for a further appeal.
1 May 2015

NAME SUPPRESSED v WELLINGTON STANDARDS COMMITTEE 2 OF THE NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY [2015] NZHC 903

Citation

[2015] NZHC 903
Court

High Court

Permanent name suppression was ordered because credible medical evidence established that publication would cause significant distress and harm to the appellant's teenage daughters and those harms outweighed the presumptive principles of open justice and public protection given the low gravity of the professional misconduct and the appellant's unblemished record; the Tribunal's narrower family-information order could not prevent the identified harm.
1 Jun 2011

THE ABORTION SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE V RIGHT TO LIFE NEW ZEALAND INC COA CA522/2009

Citation

COA CA522/2009
Court

Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal held that the CSA Act empowers the Abortion Supervisory Committee to perform general, systemic oversight and to require and analyse anonymised data and reports, but does not empower the Committee to review or scrutinise individual certifying consultants' clinical decisions or to form its own determinations about the lawfulness of particular abortion authorisations (absent bad faith); Wall v Livingston remains authoritative that individual medical judgments are for certifying consultants and are not subject to after‑the‑fact Committee review; the CSA Act does not create an…

New Zealand Case Law

RUSSELL v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2020] NZCA 103

NAME SUPPRESSED v WELLINGTON STANDARDS COMMITTEE 2 OF THE NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY [2015] NZHC 903

THE ABORTION SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE V RIGHT TO LIFE NEW ZEALAND INC COA CA522/2009