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The Supreme Court on ‘exceptional circumstances’ in the Dog Control Act 1996 – Sharma v Auckland Council [2024] NZSC 141

Introduction Since the 2020 Court of Appeal decision of Auckland Council v Hill [2020] NZCA 52, [2020] 3 NZLR 603, the law has been settled that convictions under section 57 of the Dog Control Act 1996 will result in mandatory destruction orders (i.e. the … Continue reading

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