Putua v Attorney-General - [2023] 2 NZLR 41

Bill of Rights — Judicial Immunity — Application to Registrar’s administrative actions — Prisoner serving incorrect sentence — Registrar’s error in committal warrant — Lawfulness of detention Court order not the warrant — Judicial act — Registrars error administrative act not Judicial act — Judge signing not cause of detention — Preparation of warrant operative cause.

Bill of Rights — Remedies — Availability and amount of damages — Declaration not effective redress on its own — Damages not formulaic — Starting point damages are at large — Value the loss of liberty — Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims Act 2005 s 14(2).