29 May 2020
JACOB SIMONSEN v RIMUTAKA PRISON [2020] NZHC 1221
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1221
- Court
- High Court
The detention was lawful because the respondent produced valid District Court warrants which shifted the evidential onus to the applicant who failed to show the detention was unlawful; habeas corpus was therefore not available to overturn bail decisions, relitigate prosecution merits, or enforce orders of a self‑styled court, and the application must be dismissed.