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Opinion for The Secretary for Justice
re Petitions for the Exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy
by Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis

Sir Thomas Thorp
Auckland
March 1999


1. Summary of Opinion

2. Conclusions and Recommendations

3. Opinion - Part 1 - Terms of Brief

4. Opinion - Part 2 - Background

5. Opinion - Part 3 - exercise of prerogative powers

6. Opinion - Part 4 - Grounds of the Petitions

7. Opinion - Part 5 - Relevance of the "Children's Evidence"

8. Opinion - Part 6 - Should all remaining issues be referred?

9. Appendix