Hall v R - [2019] 2 NZLR 325

Criminal practice and procedure — Search and surveillance — Implied licence to enter property — Planned “door-knock” by police armed and equipped for search — Whether in breach of implied licence — Whether sufficient grounds for search warrant — Effect of failure to obtain search warrant — Whether exclusion disproportionate to impropriety — Search and Surveillance Act 2012, s 20.

Evidence — Admissibility — Implied licence to enter property — Planned “door-knock” by police armed and equipped for search — Whether in breach of implied licence — Effect of failure to obtain search warrant — Whether exclusion disproportionate to impropriety — Search and Surveillance Act 2012, s 20.