Auckland City Council v Dixon - [1985] 2 NZLR 489

Transport and transport licensing — Excess blood alcohol — Power to arrest, without warrant, a suspect who fails or refuses to permit a blood specimen to be taken — Abuse of power — Breath test indicated proportion of alcohol in motorist's breath to be 400 micrograms per litre of breath — Motorist was unco-operative about giving blood sample — Traffic officer threatened to arrest defendant if blood sample not given — Whether blood sample had been obtained by a form of duress — Transport Act 1962, ss 58B and 58C.