Criminal Law Casebook - Developments in leading appellate courts

Aimed at promoting the study of technical aspects of criminal law and procedure, this site considers selected cases from the top appeal courts of Australia, Canada, the UK, the USA, the European Court of Human Rights and New Zealand. From August 2004 there have been approximately 800 entries, including book reviews.

Saturday, March 24, 2018

When judges get nasty

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It’s good to see the Chief Justice taking an interest in judicial bullying of counsel. I imagine there have been judicial bullies as l...

Thursday, March 01, 2018

Rights, freedoms, and elderly children

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In today’s decision Attorney-General v Smith [2018] NZCA 24 the Court of Appeal observed at [47] that “... any rights analysis must b...

Friday, February 02, 2018

Are principles always helpful?

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The New Zealand Law Commission has published its Review of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (the SSA): NZLC R 141 (dated June 2017, b...

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Don Mathias: I practised as a barrister from December 1978 to retirement in February 2018. In 1980 I completed my PhD in criminal law. I have taught Advanced Criminal Law at the University of Auckland, and I wrote "Misuse of Drugs", our textbook on drug offences published by Thomson Reuters NZ Ltd. I was a contributing and updating author of "Adams on Criminal Law", and co-author of the first three editions of "Criminal Procedure in New Zealand" (Thomson Reuters, 3rd ed 2019).

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