NOTE Zaoui v Attorney-General - [2005] 1 NZLR 666

Practice and procedure — Inherent jurisdiction — Bail — Whether bail confined to detention on criminal charges — Whether bail only available in matters already before the Court.

Immigration — Procedure — Whether bail precluded under security risk certificate procedure — Immigration Act 1987, Part 4A.

Courts — Jurisdiction — Inherent jurisdiction — Bail — Refugee detained pursuant to security risk certificate — Review of certificate by Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security — Whether inherent jurisdiction to grant bail pending review — Immigration Act 1987, s 114O.

Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Arbitrary detention — Cruel and degrading treatment — Detention under security risk certificate — Whether and when detention could become arbitrary — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 5, 6 and 9.