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Mark David Chisnall v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections - SC 13/2017

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Summary

Civil Appeal – Public Safety (Public Protections Orders) Act 2014, s 8 – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in the formulation of a threshold test for the granting of a public protection orders.

Result

A Leave to appeal is granted (Chisnall v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections [2016] NZCA 620).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the applicant’s appeal to that Court.
13 April 2017
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A The appeal is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
1 August  2017

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Related Documents

High Court decision — CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v CHISNALL [2016] NZHC 796 [26 April 2016]

Court of Appeal decision — CHISNALL V CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [2016] NZCA 620 [19December 2016]

Leave judgment - leave granted — CHISNALL v THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [2017] NZSC 50 (PDF 109 KB)

Substantive judgment — MARK DAVID CHISNALL v THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [2017] NZSC 114 [1 August 2017] (PDF 294 KB)