Matini Vaihu v The Attorney-General - SC 3/2008
Summary
Civil Appeal – New Zealand Bill of Rights Act – Breach – Remedies – Damages – Torture or cruel or degrading or disproportionately severe treatment – Kidney dialysis patient, V, bitten by Police dog – Whether Court of Appeal erred in finding bite inadvertent, not deliberate and lawful, so as to relieve Attorney-General of liability for actions of Police dog under control of handler – Whether bite of innocent bystander by Police dog under control of handler constitutes breach of s 9.[2007] NZCA 574 CA 180/06 13 December 2007
Related Documents
Leave judgment - leave dismissed — VAIHU v THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL SC 3/2008 [7 April 2008] (PDF 15 KB)
Additional Information
7 April 2008