Vince Siemer to return to prison

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NZ Law News - Vince Siemer has been ordered by the Court of Appeal to return to prison on 25 May following his loss of an appeal in the Court of Appeal, released today. The Court rejected argument made by his lawyer Tony Ellis as variously "misconceived" or inarguable and "without basis".

Mr Siemer's appeal was against a contempt finding made by the High Court for breach of a suppression order. Allegations made by Siemer's lawyer, Tony Ellis, that the proceedings brought against his client were partly out of personal animosity felt by the then Solicitor General (Justice David Collins) and that the contempt proceedings brought the rule of law into disrepute, were rejected by the Court of Appeal on the basis that they were of such generality as to be inarguable.

They also rejected Mr Ellis' argument that publication of the suppression order was not going to cause violence or any breach of fair trial rights.

See the Decision here: http://www.lawfuel.co.nz/news/286/vince-siemer-ordered-back-to-prison

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