Grinder v New Zealand Parole Board
[2024] NZSC 50
•6 May 2024
| IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND I TE KŌTI MANA NUI O AOTEAROA |
| SC 147/2023 [2024] NZSC 50 |
| BETWEEN | BRETT DAVID GRINDER |
| AND | ATTORNEY‑GENERAL |
| AND | NEW ZEALAND PAROLE BOARD |
| Court: | Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook and Ellen France JJ |
Counsel: | D A Ewen and I J G Hensman for Applicant |
Judgment: | 6 May 2024 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
ALeave to appeal is granted (Attorney‑General v Grinder [2023] NZCA 596).
BThe approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to allow the appeal and in particular the proper approach to the imposition, variation or discharge of special conditions when a person subject to preventive detention is granted release on parole.
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Solicitors:
Ord Legal, Wellington for Applicant
Te Tari Ture o te Karauna | Crown Law Office, Wellington for First Respondent
Vicki J Owen, Wellington for Second Respondent
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