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This page last updated April 30
2009
1998-1217 - Court of Appeal -
Judgment
The
background to this application for bail made under s397 of the Crimes Act
1951 is set out in an earlier judgment of this Court of 9 June 1999, now
reported as Ellis v R [1998] 3 NZLR 555. It need not be repeated. The court
there held that on a s406 referral the matters identified in the reference in
effect became the points on appeal. It also rejected Mr Ellis' application
for bail, and restated the principles relevant to that.
1998-0917 - Dr Michael Lamb
writes to Judith Ablett Kerr New April 30 2009
I have now had
the opportunity to read all the written materials sent to me regarding the
trial and conviction of Mr. Ellis and I am in the process of preparing a fuller
report on the children's accountst,their elicitation,and their evaluation by
the court. Among the materials I have
reviewed closely are four documents prepared by Dr. Parsonson
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In my opinion, the four documents provide an accurate summary of the
empirical and scholarly literature available at the time that Dr. Parsonson wrote
his reports. .....................
1998-0713 - Professor RHC
Bull writes to Judith Ablett Kerr New April 30 2009
I have read all
the documents you sent to me. I have read with great care the papers authored
by Dr. Parsonson ...........
In my opinion these documentsa re well informed, well expressed and
demonstrate Dr. Parsonson's good understanding of the relevant literature. I
have no criticisms of them. Dr. Parsonson seems very up-to-date with the
published literature ................
1998-0522 - NZ Press Council - Ruling
against parents of complainant
The parents of a
child who was a victim in a child sex abuse case involving Peter Ellis have
complained to the Press Council against an opinion article published by The
Press in Christchurch. The complaint was not upheld
1998-0723 -
Broadcasting Standards Authority - Complaint by Child Advocacy Trust
The Trust claimed that the only point of view which had been
presented during the programme which was "significantly different from
the preconceptions of the programme makers" had his character
assassinated throughout the item. It emphasised that the programme failed to
refer to the distress of the children who went to court, to that of their
families, and to the damage done to them.
BSA - The Authority therefore
concludes that overall, and taking into account the several separate points
raised by the Trust, the programme did not lack balance but rather to some
extent helped to provide a wider and thus more balanced perspective to the
various issues which this case has given rise to. For the reasons set forth
above, the Authority declines to uphold the complaint
1998-0609 - Court of Appeal - Judgment
In this case as
it presently stands we are not persuaded that bail should be granted. The
position could change in various respects warranting a further application
but we are not to be taken as indicating any view as to the likelihood of
success of a future application. The application for bail is dismissed.
Employment Case Documents
Correspondence; May/June 1998
The process by which
I obtained the Ministry of Education file on Bede Cooper's brief of evidence,
and the Crown Law Office file on the same matter, was a long and convoluted
one. Phrases like 'getting the run-around' spring to mind. In any event,
those documents, and my interviews with some of the people involved, enabled
me to piece together an interesting story
Lynley Hood
A
City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Crèche case
Longacre Press, 2001, p567
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