By: Pauleastbay
Anyone know what the grounds for appeal are other than they didn’t like it. Maanu Paul’s son is a District Court Judge and one daughter is a lawyer. No suggestion of anything other than its a very...
View ArticleBy: F E Smith
<blockquote>public perception of Elias CJ may differ. </blockquote> That is a fair point, although I think that perception is unfair to Elias CJ. But most of the public gets their...
View ArticleBy: chrisw76
You could look at it the other way as well: Assuming that the Supreme Court rules for the Crown, then any complaint that the judges simply didn’t understand the Maori Council argument wouldn’t hold...
View ArticleBy: Redbaiter
” Imagine appointing a Judge, to hear this case, who used to represent the interests of white nationalists.” Quite. The screams of bias would be shrill and unending. But even more hypocritical, they...
View ArticleBy: Redbaiter
“But most of the public gets their information from media reporting of judicial decisions, and most journalists are clueless when it comes to anything legal.” Maybe so, but many of the public know this...
View ArticleBy: Kea
You could look at it the other way as well: Assuming that the Supreme Court rules for the Crown, then any complaint that the judges simply didn’t understand the Maori Council argument wouldn’t hold...
View ArticleBy: nasska
chrisw76 I think we can take as granted that should the decision go against the Maori Council then the Maori protest industry will take to the streets. They’ve hardly had a setback since Eva Rickard’s...
View ArticleBy: F E Smith
<blockquote>(The “right thing” being a decision that does not divide our country.) </blockquote> and Justice be damned!!! Rather than perverting the legal system, why doesn't the...
View ArticleBy: Redbaiter
“why doesn’t the Government just legislate a favourable outcome?” Because they are so parlous in what they represent that they will probably need the support of the racist party to have any hope of...
View ArticleBy: Kea
F E Smith, so you consider giving once racial group exclusive rights to the nations water “Justice”. That is good to know, but my view differs. Why do you think the legal system would need to be...
View ArticleBy: F E Smith
<blockquote>so you consider giving once racial group exclusive rights to the nations water “Justice” </blockquote> Actually, I have little issue with it so long as there is a well reasoned...
View ArticleBy: tvb
I do not think it was automatic for Elias CJ to be Head of the Supreme Court. The title remained the same in name only. That decision was Helen Clark’s and Margaret Wilson. But it was Jenny Shipley who...
View ArticleBy: searching
Perhaps Sir John McGrath, a former Solicitor-General, who appeared countless times for Government, and Sir William Young, a brother of a former National Party President, should also recuse themselves....
View ArticleBy: Jack5
Krazykiwi in his 4.55 post is correct in drawing attention to the comparative case of Chris Finlayson’s role as Minister of Treaty Negotiations after acting for Ngai Tahu in its claim against the...
View ArticleBy: Nostalgia-NZ
According to Fran O’Sullivan, the Government are expressing no confidence in the Chief Justice. Communism, here we come.
View ArticleBy: Jack5
Nostalgia (11.26 post): so if our elected representatives find fault with the Chief Justice we have communism? As a simple citizen I thought the judges were to interpret laws made by our governments,...
View ArticleBy: Mark
Calling for Elias to recuse herself on the grounds the Maori Council was once a client and that creates a conflict suggests that the government may not be as confident of their case as they portray...
View ArticleBy: Kea
F E Smith, I see your point about ownership and property rights. That is usually how these claims are advanced. However I question that argument and suggest they are conferring those rights on the...
View ArticleBy: CharlieBrown
She should be fired full stop. How could such an absurd claim ever come this far? What a b!tch.
View ArticleBy: F E Smith
Jack5, I still wonder whether lawyers would dare criticise the judges in this small country for fear of antagonising them and prejudicing the judges against themselves and future clients. Or are legal...
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