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Covid-19 and Bill of Rights Act recent cases (Westlaw NZ)

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The Courts have heard a number of challenges to government vaccine mandates, lockdown orders and the MIQ system. Here we look at a few relating to managed isolation, nationwide lockdowns and justification for vaccine mandates. 

Click on the links to the Statutory Interpretation title for analysis of the Court’s approach:

  • [BR11.03]: Vaccination mandates upheld: GF v Minister of COVID-19 Response [2021] NZHC 2526; Four Aviation Security Service Employees v Minister of Covid-19 Response [2021] NZHC 3012, (2021) 12 HRNZ 824; Four Midwives v Minister For Covid-19 Response [2021] NZHC 3064.
  • [BR11.03]: Vaccination order not justified: Yardley v Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety [2022] NZHC 291.
  • [BR18.01]: Nationwide lockdowns upheld: Borrowdale v Director-General of Health [2020] NZHC 2090, [2020] 3 NZLR 864; on appeal, Borrowdale v Director-General of Health [2021] NZCA 520.
  • [BR18.02]: Managed isolation – Court ordered reconsideration of request for exemption: Bolton v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment [2021] NZHC 2897.

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