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Appellant doesn’t help case by calling judge ‘senile and old’

Chris Hutching for NBR NZ Property Investor
Wed, 16 Apr 2014
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An appellant to the High Court in Auckland did not help his case by his “grossly inappropriate” reference to a judge as “being a bit senile and old.”

This was a comment made by Justice Christian Whata who declined leave to appeal by Desmond Cook against a Tenancy Tribunal ruling.

Mr Cook

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Chris Hutching for NBR NZ Property Investor
Wed, 16 Apr 2014
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