28 Mar 2014
TEINA PORA v R [2014] NZHC 598
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 598
- Court
- High Court
The High Court dismissed the bail application because prior common law did not recognize an inherent jurisdiction to grant bail to a sentenced prisoner serving a sentence 'in execution' pending a Privy Council appeal; Zaoui was not intended to alter that rule in this context and Parliament's legislative framework and deliberate omissions demonstrate no jurisdiction to grant bail in these circumstances.