Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 29, 2023 4:42:17 GMT 12
THE FORESHORE AND SEABED – Anthony Willy.
As mentioned earlier this case has a way to travel through the Courts before the law is settled and there are at the time of writing 200 other cases on the court lists.
The costs of this litigation are and will be enormous given that it seems different Maori families will make competing claims to the same area of the foreshore.
Given that the legal costs are apparently being met by the taxpayer except for those opposing the claims (they must meet their own) costs to the applicants will not be a concern.
If nothing else, this whole process will become a bonanza for the lawyers and the court lists will be cluttered by such claims for years to come.
More importantly the process will create division between competing Maori families and between Maoris generally and other ethnicities.
Given the uncertainty surrounding the judgments and their effect on society the only course is to return the foreshore and seabed to Crown ownership where it has resided since 1840.......
www.nzcpr.com/the-foreshore-and-seabed/
As mentioned earlier this case has a way to travel through the Courts before the law is settled and there are at the time of writing 200 other cases on the court lists.
The costs of this litigation are and will be enormous given that it seems different Maori families will make competing claims to the same area of the foreshore.
Given that the legal costs are apparently being met by the taxpayer except for those opposing the claims (they must meet their own) costs to the applicants will not be a concern.
If nothing else, this whole process will become a bonanza for the lawyers and the court lists will be cluttered by such claims for years to come.
More importantly the process will create division between competing Maori families and between Maoris generally and other ethnicities.
Given the uncertainty surrounding the judgments and their effect on society the only course is to return the foreshore and seabed to Crown ownership where it has resided since 1840.......
www.nzcpr.com/the-foreshore-and-seabed/