Freeman v Associate Minister of Justice - [2020] 3 NZLR 49

Judicial review — Ministerial decision — Associate Minister of Justice recommended removal of Justice of the Peace on basis of misconduct — Misconduct — Basis of test for misconduct not known — Whether misconduct complained of warranted removal — Threshold for removal — Whether decision-maker fully and properly informed of relevant factors — Whether decision-maker took relevant factors into account — Whether countervailing factors disclosed to decision-maker — Whether principles of natural justice breached — Applicant entitled to know why decision made against them — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 s 27.

Judicial review — Natural justice — Whether principles of natural justice breached — Associate Minister of Justice recommended removal of Justice of the Peace on basis of misconduct — Basis of test for misconduct not known — Threshold for removal not known — Applicant entitled to know why decision made against them — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 s 27.

Human rights — Natural justice — Whether principles of natural justice breached — Associate Minister of Justice recommended removal of Justice of the Peace on basis of misconduct — Basis of test for misconduct not known — Threshold for removal not known — Applicant entitled to know why decision made against them — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 s 27.