Brown v Attorney-General - [2003] 3 NZLR 335

Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Remedies — Compensation — Whether reserved for exceptional cases — Whether available for breaches during trial process.

Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Fair trial — Legal aid — Disbursements for expert evidence — Whether defence entitled to disbursements for independent testing — Whether different roles of prosecution and defence relevant — Whether breach of rights possible when legal services subcommittee decision within the law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 24(d) and 25(f).

Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Breach of rights — Whether cost of according right to be considered in determining whether right had been breached — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.