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| Thread ID: 116690 | 2011-03-15 23:11:00 | A matter of principle? | Snorkbox (15764) | PC World Chat |
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| 1186606 | 2011-03-15 23:11:00 | Have we got Justice? We do have laws. www.nzherald.co.nz Most of us don't have the money to take matters to Court do we? |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1186607 | 2011-03-16 08:25:00 | No we don't have justice. My brother went to court with the local regional council, which cost him $36,000 and while he basically won his case, because of the ramifications throughout NZ the judge decided to find against him. The local regional council hired all the hot shot lawyers and couldn't have given a stuff how much it cost them as at the end of the day they weren't paying. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1186608 | 2011-03-16 08:40:00 | the judge decided to find against him. That's called losing the case. :lol::lol: |
Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 1186609 | 2011-03-16 08:48:00 | That's called losing the case. :lol::lol: Please your self.:groan: |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1186610 | 2011-03-16 09:18:00 | Have we got Justice? We do have laws. www.nzherald.co.nz Most of us don't have the money to take matters to Court do we? Its slightly odd. Once an information (a summons or infringement notice) is filed in a District Court, it can only be withdrawn by leave of the Court. In other words, the prosecution authority can't just change its mind without the Court's agreement. However it happens hundreds of times a year and the defendants are normally very happy so I assume in practise a Registrar or a JP simply approves the withdrawl. Incidentally Rob Jones won't get any costs if he is seeking to recover his own time. The only costs he can claim are a contribution to legal fees and expert witness fees. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1186611 | 2011-03-16 09:30:00 | Last year in the first week of April (this is important for the story), I parked at a meter in town at 10:15 and went to the dentist, putting enough money in the meter for 11:00. When I got back at 10:45, to my surprise I had a ticket, but when I looked closely at the ticket I discovered the time on it said it had been issued at 11:30. But the time on my watch said 10:45, so how could the ticket have been issued at 11:30 (45 minutes into the future)? The answer is of course that the wally of a parking attendant (Officer 41) hadn't corrected his/her clock for the end of daylight savings. After several phone calls and a letter, someone from the City Council rang me to say in a very condescending tone that they had decided to let me off in this instance. Pity. I was prepared to take it all the way to the Supreme Court. |
TideMan (4279) | ||
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