Over the past 4 1/2 years I have been involved in litigation , it certainly was not what I had experienced in our courts when I was a police prosecutor. But then I did leave in 1989.
It appears that in the civil jurisdiction no evidence is needed at all as in my case I was taken to court for defamation.. for speaking the truth.. for trying to ask questions as to why a non existent organisation had law enforcement powers.
Defamation was never proved. the only evidence the court relied on was my affidavit in mitigation of damages which unfortunately by its nature shows that the complainant is not worthy of his word.
in producing that document the court judged me as continuing to defame when there has never been a decision that I did no more than speak the truth.
My affidavit in mitigation of damages is found here Grace Haden Affidavit and affidavit 29 feb
The statement of claim was never proved the copy I have with comments is located here Statement of Claim with comments
A friend who knows what I have endured sent me this – apart from the sexual references it could fit the scenario of my case .
Please do not be fooled by New Zealand’s least corrupt status , this video can also apply here, please note it does not apply to all judges or all lawyers but it does happen.
legal exec talks about justice
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Grace, you are correct about the common misconception that NZ is not corrupt. Today, on the same day of your post above, a former ACC property manager who accepted a $160,000 bribe and a $9,000 holiday to Singapore was sentenced to a paltry 11 months home detention.
I wish someone would bribe me with $160,000 and I would happily stay at home for a year.
This was a golden opportunity for the Courts to denounce and deter corruption within the Public Service by handing down a significant custodial sentence.
This sentence shows just how out-of-touch the judiciary are in this country.
Comment by Jayne — 15/03/2011 @ 4:53 pm
Grace, as another long-standing friend who has been experiencing your pain alongside you, I think you are far more intelligent than the law makers and gatherers. I get it – but very few others do! As you explain, there is a bucket for red things and a bucket for white things, and you came along with a pink thing, and no-one has a bucket for it, so they say it doesn’t exist. Justice is not a fair system in this country when it ignores the pink things.
Comment by Helen Wenley — 16/03/2011 @ 8:28 am
I quite agree with the above comments. The law needs a complete overhaul, so that the “pink” areas can be fitted in. I don’t know much (if any) about the law, but it really is an ass! AND, anyone reading the papers on some of these cases should know that all they read is not true, mainly sensationalism! Thanks for being the hero that you are, Grace. You and people of your ilk are what make this a wonderful world to live in.
Comment by Margaret Burton — 10/09/2011 @ 4:32 pm