Dreliozis v Wellington District Court - [1994] 2 NZLR 198

Criminal practice and procedure — Trial — Charge of assaulting a constable in the course of his duty — Whether a right to trial by jury — Whether common law right to trial by jury in New Zealand — Whether a statutory code exists in determining right to trial by jury — Whether s 43 of the Summary Offences Act 1981 expressly repealed by s 24(e) of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 - Summary Proceedings Act 1957, s 66 - Summary Offences Act 1981, s 43 - New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 24(e).

Statutes — Interpretation — Repeal — Whether s 43 of Summary Offences Act 1981 expressly repealed by s 24(e) of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 - Whether drafting style of indirect express amendment of statutes applies in New Zealand.