22 May 2007
KUPU V WAITAKERE DISTRICT COURT AND ANOR HC AK CIV-2007-404-001731
- Citation
- openlaw-6fc3f5ec_fb38_4a2b_a23f_97b8939955d9.pdf
- Court
- High Court
Where a single preliminary hearing covers both nominated sexual offences and related non-sexual offences which are so closely connected in time and place, s185C applies to require the complainant's evidence by written statement and it was not an error of law for the District Court judge to refuse viva voce cross-examination as that would defeat the statutory protective purpose.