Thompson v Commission of Inquiry into Administration of District Court at Wellington - [1983] NZLR 98

Commission of Inquiry — Judicial review — Commission established to inquire into allegations of impropriety in administration of District Court at Wellington — Assistant Deputy Registrars had been suspended from duty pending trial on charges of conspiring to defeat the course of justice — Commission declined to defer its investigations until after trial — Whether Commission has the power to sit in private — Whether Court should direct the Commission to defer its investigations.