R v Ngan - [2008] 2 NZLR 48

Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Search and seizure — Finding of controlled drugs in course of collecting property after road accident — Whether lawful and reasonable — Whether admissible as evidence — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 21.

Constitutional law — Police powers — Search and seizure — Controlled drugs found in course of collecting property after road accident — Whether lawful and reasonable — Whether admissible as evidence — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 21.

Criminal law — Police powers — Search and seizure — Finding of controlled drugs in course of collecting property after road accident — Whether lawful and reasonable — Whether admissible as evidence — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 21.

Evidence — Admissibility — Controlled drugs found in course of collecting property after road accident — Whether search lawful and reasonable — Whether admissible as evidence — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 21.

Evidence — Admissibility — Statutory requirements to procure evidence including to provide blood — Observation — Balancing exercise to be carried out before excluding evidence — Evidence Act 2006, s 30.