Flickinger v Crown Colony of Hong Kong - [1991] 1 NZLR 439

Criminal law — Fugitive offender — Habeas corpus — Fugitive Offenders Act 1881 (UK) - Superior Court's discretion to discharge lower Court's order for return of offender — Whether the defendant prejudiced by delay in complicated commercial fraud case — Fugitive Offenders Act 1881 (UK), ss 5, 10 and 39 - Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 6 and 23(1)(c) - Judicature Act 1908, s 66.