O’Carroll v R - [2020] 1 NZLR 299

Appeal — Jurisdiction — Appeal not expressly provided for — Whether appeal procedure imported with other criminal procedural law — Cook Islands Act 1915 s 155(1).

Criminal practice and procedure — Extra-territorial jurisdiction — Offences in Cook Islands — Effect of extension of jurisdiction of High Court of New Zealand — Cook Islands Act 1915 s 155.

Criminal practice and procedure — Sentence — “Punishment” to be imposed to be that provided for by law of Cook Islands — Distinction between “punishment” and “sentence” — Whether jurisdiction to sentence to home detention — Cook Islands Act 1915 s 155(4).