Photo: ODTA legal challenge against the country's level three and four Covid-19 lockdowns is to be heard in the Court of Appeal today. The court said the lockdown limited the Bill of Rights guarantee of freedom of movement, peaceful assembly and association. Mijatov also argued that Dr Bloomfield giving public servants the power to determine which businesses were "essential", and could therefore continue operating under lockdown, was unlawful. It also said that Dr Bloomfield was not in a position to do the fine-grained assessment of which businesses were "essential". The appealBorrowdale is appealing the decision relating to three orders under the Health Act issued by Dr Bloomfield.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 05, 2021 21:45 UTC