Taylor v The Attorney-General of New Zealand

Human rights – constitutional law

Taylor v The Attorney-General of New Zealand – [2014] NZHC 1630 –Brown J – 11 July 2014 

Application to strike out – blanket ban on prisoner voting under 2010 electoral amendment – proceeding sought declaration of inconsistency with right to vote in s12(a) NZBORA – s7 report confirmed inconsistency – whether HC had jurisdiction – whether declaration available as matter of judicial practice – principle of comity.

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