Attorney-General v Smith - [2018] 2 NZLR 899

Human rights — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Whether right to freedom of expression engaged — Whether wearing of wig intended to deliver message to others — Common law rights — Organs of state not to constrain liberties of citizens — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 14.

Administrative law — Whether appeal was moot — Whether discretion to determine appeal — Whether important question of law concerning public authority — Whether findings in lower court.