Calls For Bench Book Transparency w/ University of Auckland Associate Law Professor Carrie Leonetti: 27 November, 2023

Bench books are manuals that judges rely on to make decisions during court cases. Globally, bench books are usually accessible to the public, however, this is not the case here in Aotearoa.

Oto spoke to Carrie Leonetti, an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Auckland, about an open letter she sent to Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann asking for court bench books to be made publically accessible, and the implications that the New Zealand judiciary's lack of transparency has on family violence prosecution.