Photo: NZDFTwelve military personnel are launching a legal challenge to the directive that would see them discharged for declining a Covid-19 vaccination. The group's application was founded on the claim that the chief of defence force must follow a statutory process before taking action against personnel, Briggs said. But retired law professor Bill Hodge said it would be difficult for the Defence Force personnel to convince the courts they did not have to get the Covid-19 vaccine. The wellbeing of the greater good had often justified limitations on individual rights, Hodge said. A Defence Force spokesperson said as the matter was before the courts it could not comment.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 11, 2021 00:56 UTC