Thickpenny v Ministry of Transport - [1983] NZLR 732

Transport and transport licensing — Breath and blood alcohol prosecutions — Labelling of blood specimen collecting kit — Whether label complied with statutory provision — Whether there had been reasonable compliance — Transport Act 1962, ss 57A(1), 58B(1) and 58E.

Practice and procedure — Appeal — Special leave — Motorist sought special leave from Court of Appeal on question arising from blood alcohol conviction — Observations that significant costs might be awarded against unsuccessful applicants who seek special leave from the Court of Appeal in blood alcohol cases that depend on an unreal interpretation of the relevant statutory provision — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, s 144(3).