R v Atkinson - [1990] 2 NZLR 513

Criminal law — Evidence — Legal professional privilege — Admissibility — Solicitor's secretary, in the absence of the solicitor, overheard a conversation between two accused which admitted their involvement in a crime — Whether the secretary's evidence of what she overheard was admissible at trial of accused.

Criminal law — Sentence — Using firearm against police in course of their duty — Accused fired warning shot at police in the course of fleeing from scene of burglary — Accused was sentenced to six years imprisonment — Whether sentence was excessive — Crimes Act 1961, s 198A.