R v Hallett - [2013] 3 NZLR 407

Evidence — Admissibility — Confession to wife — Whether spousal privilege substantive right or entitlement, or evidential or procedural rule — Retrospective effect of statute — Meaning of “applies to all proceedings commenced before, on or after the commencement of this section” — Interpretation Act 1999, s 7.

Statutes — Interpretation — Retrospective effect — Whether matter substantive right or entitlement, or evidential or procedural rule — Evidence Act 2006, ss 5(3), 7 and 71.