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Dr. Michael John Kidd |
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Barrister & Solicitor |
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Case Work/Books |
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Centrepoint Community was set up in 1978 and at its peak had 280 residents. Some were later charged with child sexual abuse and drug matters. In July 1997, the NZ High Court controversially appointed the Public Trust over Community property. Some six weeks later, the International Human Rights Committee Geneva considered founder, Bert Potter’s, prison treatment in a case brought by Michael Kidd. |
Cases & causes
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Beyond the Breakwater” by Michael Kidd was published in NZ in July 2007 by Ohlah Publishing a self publishing vehicle, a number sold around the Pacific. Grateful acknowledgement is made to Nimbin Law and the Nimbin Bowling Club of Nimbin, NSW, Australia which paid the cost of this autobiographical and social commentary of NZ, Fiji and Australia during the life of the writer. |
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An Algerian Professor, Ahmed Zaoui, was detained without trial in NZ for almost two years on alleged association with terrorists. The International Commission of Jurists report by Michael Kidd dated 6 February 2004, Waitangi Day NZ, which ultimately lead to his release. |
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The Family Party joined the Alliance Party in challenging the NZ Electoral Commission’s broadcasting allowance for some minor parties outside Parliament. Michael Kidd argued on behalf of the Family Party that as a representative party of the Christian Community it should have been accorded the same generous treatment afforded the Maori Party in the previous election. High Court Wellington decision dated 18 September 2008. Currently under appeal. |
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In a case arising out of the 2006 Fiji Coup, the Fiji Law Society was sued by the Fiji Human Rights Commission for suspending the practicing certificate of the lawyer who removed the Chief Justice at gunpoint.-High Court Suva Fiji. Michael Kidd was counsel for the Fiji Law Society. 20 June 2007 decision |