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Taito Phillip Hans Field - SC 3/2011

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Criminal Appeal – Corruption and Bribery – Whether the Court of Appeal adopted the wrong test for corruptly obtaining a  bribe under s 103 Crimes Act 1961 – Whether Court of Appeal applied the wrong test for attempting to obstruct or pervert the course of justice – Whether Court of Appeal erred in finding appellant was not deprived of right to a fair trial and no miscarriage had resulted through admission of evidence from ministerial inquiry – Whether Court of Appeal was wrong to dismiss appeal against sentence.[2010] NZCA 556  CA 681/2009  26 November  2010

Related Documents

Leave judgment - leave granted — FIELD v R SC 3/2011 [17 March 2011] (PDF 10 KB)

Substantive judgment — FIELD v R SC 3/2011 [27 October 2011] (PDF 243 KB)

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Hearing date : 21 June 2011

Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath, William Young JJ.

Dates

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

The approved ground is whether the Court of Appeal has in [2010] NZCA 556 correctly stated the test for corruptly accepting a bribe in terms of s 103 of the Crimes Act 1961.

17 March 2011

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Appeal dismissed.

27 October 2011