8 Apr 2009
JAMES ROBERT REID V THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND ORS HC WN CIV-2008-485-1617
- Citation
- openlaw-91f7671c_e2ed_4ff7_b214_7737010abc25.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The claims against the Minister (and Chief Executive) and the Solicitor-General disclosed no reasonable cause of action because no statutory power was identified by which those executive actors could investigate or prosecute the Registrar or Judge, and executive interference with court processes is improper; accordingly those claims were struck out, while allegations properly directed at the District Court and the defendant remain for judicial review or other appropriate remedies subject to amendment to remove inflammatory language.