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Chisholm Court Victory Bad News for Palmer
"Adrian Chisholm's Court of Appeal victory today makes clear why Geoffrey Palmer should never be a candidate for
Chairmanship of the Appeals Court," says a Libertarianz spokesman. The Appeals Court was considering a High Court Rule
that Geoffrey Palmer introduced when he was Minister of Justice, and that Chisholm's legal team argued was 'outside the
law. The Appeals Court decision was that the rule did indeed appear to be outside the law, and consequently Mr Chisholm
is now free to continue with his court action against the Auckland City Council.
"It is only Mr Chisholm's tenacity that got him into this courtroom," says Libertarianz Leader Peter Cresswell, "and
today's decision highlights the crucial importance for all of us of constitutional protection in cases like his. An
important part of that constitutional protection is the separation of powers between legislature, and executive - a
crucial separation that Palmer's appointment would sunder."
"It would be unconscionable for Geoffrey Palmer, a creature of the legislature and responsible for innumerable pages of
law -- including the Resource Management Act on trial in Whitianga tonight -- to be chairing a court that sits in
judgment on that very legislation. Now that this anomaly has been uncovered," says Cresswell, "I believe it is clear
that Geoffrey Palmer can never be considered for this post."
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For further information please contact: Peter Cresswell LEADER, LIBERTARIANZ PARTY (021) 948 429, organon@ihug.co.nz