High Court decision on EFA ‘third parties’

DominionPost had an item this morning on the stance the Electoral Commission is taking regarding registration of 3rd parties under the EFA pending the court case re the EPMU’s bid to so register.

Now most people would think the EFA covered both natural and artificial persons such as a union. Not Crown Law.

The same Crown Law that did not think the EFA breached the Bill of Rights.

The same Crown Law that is so opposed to justice being obtained by Peter Ellis.

Well, the High Court has decided that the EFA does cover artificial persons, so now the Electoral Commission will have to decide whether the EPMU is so closely involved with Labour as stop them being a third party.

The court refused also to allow the EPMU request that the Electoral Commission not allow members of the public to have a chance to object to registrations.

Kiwiblog has 2 highly relevant posts here and here.

Congratulations to David Farrar on this issue.

The courts have seen sense.