16 Oct 2023
MATARA v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2023] NZHC 2888
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 2888
- Court
- High Court
The plaintiff's claims are dismissed: declarations of inconsistency were not relevant because Fitzgerald and subsequent Court of Appeal reinterpretation corrected the sentence and the legislation has been repealed; s9 was not breached because the 18‑month parole delay did not cause unjustified detention and the claimant was ultimately denied parole; s22 was not breached for the same reasons; although the three strikes regime as initially applied risked breaching s25(a) by removing substantive judicial assessment, the breach was remedied by appeal in this case and no further relief is required…