R v Rogers - [2006] 2 NZLR 156

Criminal practice and procedure — Prisoner’s right of access to a lawyer — Whether arrangement that police not communicate with accused without notifying counsel enforceable — Whether accused waived rights under arrangement — Whether admission of evidence justified on balancing test — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 23(1)(b), 23(4) and 24(c).

Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Whether arrangement that police not communicate with accused without notifying counsel enforceable — Whether accused waived rights under arrangement — Whether admission of evidence justified on balancing test — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 23(1)(b), 23(4) and 24(c).