Author: Tim Conder
Published: 27 April 2022
Pages: 36
Introduction
Even among experts in criminal law, the topic of regulatory offences is usually regarded as an afterthought. Leading texts such as Adams on Criminal Law – Offences and Defences and the leading student texts such as Simister and Brookbanks focus exclusively on what may be thought of as the traditional offences – violence, property offending, sexual offending and drugs. Even references to driving offences or to the Summary Offences Act 1981 (which between them probably account for the majority of convictions entered in New Zealand courts) are rare. It is easy to assume that for the average New Zealander, the concept of crimes that fall outside of the Crimes Act’s calendar of offences barely register as criminal offending.
Content outline
- Questions of strategy
- After charges are laid
- Case management – resolution and rationalisation
- Evidence applications
- Trial issues
- Post trial issues
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