Bail Act 2000

Commentary to most of the Act has been completely revised and extensive new High Court case law has been added, including Katoa v Police [2023] NZHC 2194 (no travel condition) and Griffin v R [2023] NZHC 2222 (EM, consent and “transient” persons).

Katoa v Police [2023] NZHC 2194 (see [BL7.02(2)], [BL7.02(3)])

Griffin v R [2023] NZHC 2222 (see [BL30F.01], [BL30G.01]), [BL30L.01])

Trial Procedure

This Chapter has been completely rewritten and extensive new case law has been added, including NZME Publishing Ltd v E [2023] NZCA 258 (take-down orders), R v Benbow [2023] NZHC 1521 (take-down orders/podcast) and Karaka v R [2023] NZCA 283 (closing submissions).

NZME Publishing Ltd v E [2023] NZCA 258 (see [TP2.02(2)(d)(i)], [TP2.02(2)(d)(ii)], [TP2.02(2A)(ii)], [TP17.05(1)])

R v Benbow [2023] NZHC 1521 (see [TP2.02(2A)(ii)])

Karaka v R [2023] NZCA 283 (see [TP24.09(8A)], [TP24.09(9)], [TP25.04(2)])

Please see Adams on Criminal Law — What’s New for a complete list of recent case law.