Akatere v Attorney-General - [2006] 3 NZLR 705

Administrative law — Judicial review — Justiciability — Cabinet guidelines for compensation of victims of miscarriage of justice — Whether guidelines susceptible to review — Whether decision to grant or refuse compensation subject to review.

Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Compensation for imprisonment after miscarriage of justice — Criteria for compensation — Cabinet guidelines — Whether international convention imposes duty where there has been specific reservation — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, art 14(6) — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 22.

International law — International covenants and conventions — Whether international convention imposes duty where there has been specific reservation — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, art 14(6).