W v Attorney-General P v Wellington District Court - [1993] 1 NZLR 1

Criminal practice and procedure — Evidence — Sexual offences — Preliminary hearing — Whether leave to cross-examine complainant should be granted — Whether "necessary in the interests of justice" - Whether special or exceptional reasons to displace protection given by Summary Proceedings Act — Observations as to circumstances in which oral evidence may be required or cross-examination permitted — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, s 185C - New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 24(a).