William aka Larsen v New Zealand Police Company

The plaintiff, Scott William Larsen, also known as William Larsen, filed a statement of claim against the New Zealand Police Company, Andrew Costner, the New Zealand Justice Company, and Andrew Kibblewhite. The plaintiff is challenging the police's authority to arrest him and the subsequent conviction and fines imposed on him. The case was heard in the High Court of New Zealand at Wellington. The plaintiff's argument is based on the "sovereign citizen" movement, which claims that individuals have two personas and can dissociate themselves from their legal persona to escape the jurisdiction of the State. The court had to determine whether the plaintiff's claims amounted to an abuse of the court's process. The court held that the plaintiff's arguments were based on the "sovereign citizen" ideology, which it had previously determined to be an abuse of the court's process. The court also noted that the plaintiff's statement of claim was full of pseudo-legal mumbo jumbo that was characteristic of the "sovereign citizen" school of thought. The court found that the proceedings were plainly an abuse of the process of the Court and struck them out. The plaintiff was advised that he has a right of appeal against this decision, such right to be exercised in accordance with those parts of the High Court Rules dealing with appeals.