Hayes v R

Hayes v R
CourtSupreme Court of New Zealand
Full case name NICOLA BRONWYN HAYES v THE QUEEN
Decided15 February 2008
Citation[2008] NZSC 3; [2008] 2 NZLR 321; (2008) 23 CRNZ 720
Transcripthttp://www.nzlii.org/cgi-bin/sinodisp/nz/cases/NZSC/2008/3.html
Court membership
Judges sittingElias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath and Anderson JJ

Nicola Bronwyn Hayes v The Queen is a decision of the Supreme Court of New Zealand issued on 15 February 2008. It considered the meaning of 'pecuniary advantage' in s 228 (and the former s 229A) of the Crimes Act 1961. The court further considered whether a belief one was acting honestly needed to be objectively reasonable for the purposes of these sections.