Re Chase
| Re Chase | |
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| Court | Court of Appeal of New Zealand |
| Full case name | Public Trustee as administrator of the estate of Paul Chase, deceased v The Attorney-General sued on behalf of the Police |
| Decided | 22 September 1988 |
| Citation(s) | [1989] 1 NZLR 325 |
| Court membership | |
| Judge(s) sitting | Cooke P, Somers J, Henry J |
Re Chase [1989] 1 NZLR 325 is a cited case regarding civil claims being barred by ACC.[1]
Background[edit]
Paul Chase was a patched member of the Petone Mongrel Mob, and he was with a fellow gang member who were accused of discharging a firearm inside a Lower Hutt tavern frequented by a rival gang.
As the result of Chase being implicated in a gang related shooting, the police arranged a dawn entry into his apartment by armed police on 18 April 1983.
Being startled, Chase thought a rival gang was trying to break into his house, and to defend himself, he approached the police with a weight bar, which the armed officers mistook for a gun barrel and shot him dead.[2][3]
Barred by ACC law in suing for damages, his estate sued for exemplary damages.
Held[edit]
The court refused to award damages
References[edit]
- ^ McLay, Geoff (2003). Butterworths Student Companion Torts (4th ed.). LexisNexis. ISBN 0-408-71686-X.
- ^ "Lower Hutt man, Paul Chase, shot by police". Ngā Taonga - Sound & Vision. 19 April 1983.
- ^ "Does a Policeman Have to Knock?" (PDF). New Zealand Legal Information Institute. 1984.