1 Mar 2019
CLEVERLY v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2019] NZHC 321
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 321
- Court
- High Court
The appeal succeeds because the sentencing judge lacked a sufficiently firm evidential foundation on ownership to order confiscation under s129; the proper course is to remit the matter to the District Court for a disputed facts hearing to determine when property passed and whether the offender had ownership or an interest at the material time.