Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 26, 2024 6:45:32 GMT 12
LEGAL FIGHT TO SUMMONS CHILDREN’S MINISTER WILL CONTINUE, WITH APPEAL LODGED
A late evening judgement from the High Court overturned the Waitangi Tribunal’s subpoena to Children’s Minister Karen Chhour, but that didn’t spell an end to the remarkable rift between the courts and executive.
Annette Sykes, a high profile Treaty rights activist and lawyer, has confirmed to Stuff that she will be appealing the High Court’s Wednesday night ruling.
But time is ticking for the Tribunal, as Crown Law has indicated Chhour plans to introduce her bill to repeal Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act in mid-May. Once Parliament has the bill, the Tribunal must cease its investigation into the issue....
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350257434/legal-fight-summons-childrens-minister-will-continue-appeal-lodged
A late evening judgement from the High Court overturned the Waitangi Tribunal’s subpoena to Children’s Minister Karen Chhour, but that didn’t spell an end to the remarkable rift between the courts and executive.
Annette Sykes, a high profile Treaty rights activist and lawyer, has confirmed to Stuff that she will be appealing the High Court’s Wednesday night ruling.
But time is ticking for the Tribunal, as Crown Law has indicated Chhour plans to introduce her bill to repeal Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act in mid-May. Once Parliament has the bill, the Tribunal must cease its investigation into the issue....
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350257434/legal-fight-summons-childrens-minister-will-continue-appeal-lodged