Attorney-General v Chisnall - [2024] 1 NZLR 768

Criminal law — Sentencing — Extended supervision orders — Public protection orders — Whether second penalties — Whether consistent with Bill of Rights Act — Whether justified limitation on rights — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 ss 5, 9,  22, 23(5), 25(a), 25(c), 25(d), 26(1) and 26(2).

Bill of Rights Act — Justification of limitations on rights — Extended supervision orders — Public protection orders — Whether orders no more intrusive than reasonably necessary means of protecting public safety — Decisions of judges evaluative rather than discretionary — Whether retrospective application not capable of justification — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 ss 5 and 26(2).