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Supreme Court of New Zealand Wellington
SC 6/2006; [2007] NZSC 70
9, 10 August; 1, 2 November 2006; 31 August 2007
Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath and Henry JJ
SC 6/2006; [2007] NZSC 70
9, 10 August; 1, 2 November 2006; 31 August 2007
Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath and Henry JJ
Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Relationship between ss 9 and 23(5) — Whether treatment of prisoners on special regime breach of s 9 or s 23(5) — Whether imposition of regime required observance of natural justice — Whether New Zealand authorities held to higher standard than international standards — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 9, 23(5) and 27.
Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Remedies — Whether declarations sufficient on facts of case — How compensation to be assessed — Whether court-ordered inquiry appropriate — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 9, 23(5) and 27.