Collector of Customs v Lawrence Publishing Co Ltd - [1986] 1 NZLR 404

Indecent publications — Test of indecency — Principles to be applied in deciding whether documents are "indecent" within the meaning of the Indecent Publications Act — Calendar of nude males — Whether, before a document can be classified as indecent, it must be proved that the publication of the material is injurious to the public good — Indecent Publications Act 1963, ss 2 and 11.

Courts — Judicial precedent — Binding effect of Court of Appeal decisions — Whether a District Court Judge is bound to follow a Court of Appeal decision in preference to a later, apparently conflicting, judgment of the Full Court of the High Court — Whether the Court of Appeal can review or reverse one of its earlier decisions.