Slawomir Ryszard Bujak v The District Court at Christchurch and The Republic of Poland - SC 64/2009
Summary
Civil – extradition - whether Court of Appeal erred in refusing to admit new evidence – whether Court of Appeal erred in determining that by joining an extradition Treaty New Zealand has accepted that the court system in the partner state is robust enough to grant a fair trial – whether the Court of Appeal erred in determining that comity interest must be balanced against, and could somehow trump, an individual’s liberty rights – whether the Court of Appeal erred in deciding that the ‘ copies’ provided by the second respondent sufficed for extradition from New Zealand purposes – whether the Court of Appeal erred in determining that the requisite authentication procedures were followed and that the evidence against the Appellant was not hearsay – whether the Court of Appeal failed to consider relevant case law provided by counsel. [2009] NZCA 257 CA 678/2008 19 June 2009.
Result
Application for leave to appeal dismissed. Any application for costs to be made within 10 working days.
15 September 2009
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Order for costs to the 2nd respondent in the sum of $2,000.
15 October 2009
15 September 2009
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Order for costs to the 2nd respondent in the sum of $2,000.
15 October 2009
Related Documents
Leave judgment - leave dismissed — BUJAK V THE DISTRICT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH AND ANOR SC 64/2009 15 September 2009 (PDF 15 KB)
Additional document — BUJAK v THE DISTRICT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH And Anor SC 64/2009 [15 October 2009] (PDF 9 KB)