Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 18, 2019 16:09:23 GMT 12
SUPREME COURT DISMISSES MĀORI JURISDICTION CHALLENGE OVER DRIVING INFRINGEMENTS
A man whose driver's licence was simply a piece of paper with a name and "Māori" written on it has failed in his bid to challenge the jurisdiction of New Zealand's courts.
The argument - based on the defence that Māori are not subject to the law of New Zealand - was made in an effort to escape several driving infringement notices.
The nearly two-year-long case eventually required a judgment by the Supreme Court, which today dismissed Michael Raymond Main's final application to appeal......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12204890
A man whose driver's licence was simply a piece of paper with a name and "Māori" written on it has failed in his bid to challenge the jurisdiction of New Zealand's courts.
The argument - based on the defence that Māori are not subject to the law of New Zealand - was made in an effort to escape several driving infringement notices.
The nearly two-year-long case eventually required a judgment by the Supreme Court, which today dismissed Michael Raymond Main's final application to appeal......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12204890