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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

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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