Flickinger v Crown Colony of Hong Kong - [1990] 3 NZLR 372

Criminal law — Practice and procedure — Discovery — Extradition proceedings — Fugitive in extradition proceedings sought prehearing discovery of documents relating to offences which he allegedly committed overseas — Whether District Court had jurisdiction to order general discovery of that nature — Fugitive Offenders Act 1881 (UK), s 5.

Legal aid — Criminal law — Extradition proceedings — Fugitive in extradition proceedings who had been granted legal aid sought order for further grant to enable counsel to travel overseas to inspect documents — Whether there was power to make such an order — Offenders Legal Aid Act 1954, s 2.