R v Mitchell - [1996] 3 NZLR 302

Criminal Practice and procedure — Evidence — Admissibility of videotapes and transcripts of statements — Breaches of Judges' Rules — Whether evidence should be inadmissible on fairness grounds — Whether statement obtained in breach of Judges' Rules — Whether right to legal representation under New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 waived — Whether inadmissibility of evidence globally unfair — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 23(3) — Penal Institutions Regulations 1961 (SR 1961/55), reg 116 — Judges' Rules 1912 (1930 judicial commentary), RR 3, 8 and 9.