24 August 2016
To the Registrar, High Court, Wellington
Attached is an urgent application for recall of the judgment of France J on the
grounds that new evidence has become available which clearly establishes
reasonable doubt regarding the evidence of the complainant and Police,
the application includes a request for waiver of filing fee.
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7 September 2016:
To the Registrar of the High Court at Wellington:
I emailed an urgent application for recall of a judgment of Simon France J in the matter of Te Ringa Mangu Mihaka v Police, including an application for waiver of any applicable fee, to the High Court at Wellington on 25th August 2016 but have not had any response to the application or acknowledgment of receipt, and am writing to confirm that it has been received and is being actioned.
Please acknowledge receipt of the application urgently - this matter is the subject of imminent hearing in the Human Rights Review Tribunal and it is vital that the application for recall is acknowledged prior to this hearing. There has been a serious, substantial miscarriage of justice, there is fresh evidence, and this application is URGENT.
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9 September 2016
Hello Katherine
I refer to the Application for Recall of Decision referred to in your email below.
Please advise the legislation you rely on to file the application and have the judgment of Simon France J recalled as I have not been able to find any reference in the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 which allows the filing of this application some 14 months after the decision was made.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Sheena
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to Sheena
"the miscarriage of justice is serious and the information was not made available within 5 working days - the application was made as soon as the information was made available by the other party."
http://www.legislation.govt.
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Both rule references relate to Appeals and Reviews in the Civil jurisdiction of the High Court, not the Criminal jurisdiction, which is what your appeal relates to. The criminal appeal process is governed by the Criminal Procedure Act not the Judicature Act. I am therefore unable to accept the Application for Recall.I respectfully suggest seek legal advice as to what other options might be available to you to have Mr Mihaka's conviction readdressed in the Courts.
Kind regardsSheena
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Tena koe Sheena,
We refer to para 61 and others in the attached Law Commission report.
Na Katherine Raue
Maori Agent for Te Ringa Mangu Mihaka
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22 September 2016:
Hello Katherine,
I
acknowledge receipt of your email. I have forwarded these emails
(dated 20/9/16) and the Application for Recall that was attached to your
first email (dated
24/8/16) to the civil manager, Jay Fealofani. I will speak with him
regarding our previous correspondence and discuss a way forward.
Kind regards
Sheena
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Hello Katherine,
I
have spoken to my colleague Jay Fealofani in the civil jurisdiction
regarding your original attachment 'Application for Recall of Judgment' -
he also has
a number of years' experience in the criminal jurisdiction in the
District Court.
I
understand that the grounds for the recall are due to a miscarriage of
justice because fresh evidence has become available which was not
previously considered
by the Court. Your Application then goes on to describe the
miscarriage.
Mr
Mihaka's Appeal original appeal to this court was in relation to a
Judge alone trial held before Her Honour Judge Kelly in the District
Court in April 2015.
His first right of appeal against his conviction and sentence was to
this Court. This court heard the appeal on 2 June 2015 and gave its
decision on 11 June 2015. As discussed previously there is no avenue in
the Criminal Procedure Act for Mr Mihaka to recall
the decision of this court.
In
accordance with the Act Mr Mihaka has a second right of appeal to the
Court of Appeal. To commence a second appeal Mr Mihaka needed to file
an Application
for Leave to Appeal in the Court of Appeal within 20 working days after
this Court's decision.
He
is now in a position where the Application for Recall cannot be
accepted for filing in this court and the time to appeal to the Court of
Appeal has expired.
I can see no action available to him through the criminal jurisdiction
and this Application will not be progressed any further.
As
to whether Mr Mihaka has the option to file a Judicial Review in the
civil jurisdiction, that I don't know however Mr Mihaka cannot expect to
continue relitigating
matters based on further evidence he has found. He needs to seek legal
advice around what his options are if he wishes to progress these
matters.
Kind regards
Sheena
Sheena Spiers
Criminal Manager (Acting)
| High Court, Wellington
Phone: +64 4 914 3619 | Ext: 53619
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And all the time the colonial Crown government have been screwing down 'omnibus' changes to the legislation regarding criminal and civil Court procedure, to limit the avalanche of claims resulting from the devolving of the system and the privatising of the justice system (along with everything else that's not nailed down), they've been limiting access to legal aid more and more to the point where it's just become an absolute joke - a black joke, a sick joke - a joke on people like Te Ringa Mangu Mihaka and all the other tangata whenua who clog up the 'justice system' and fill the jails, their lives in tatters and their reputations in ruins because of gossip and whispers.
Agent Raue will be framing a further plea to the Court applying sections 237 - 240 of the Criminal Procedure Act, this report will be updated shortly with the further plea. We also have Plans C, D, E and FU up our sleeves and can come up with more plans if none of those work too.
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