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David Bain's legal team misunderstands the Justice Minister's role in awarding compensation and have used court proceedings to make groundless accusations, government lawyers say.

The Bain team are attempting to challenge the decisions that Collins made in response to Justice Binnie's report on the Bain case but the Minister and cabinet have considerable discretion in making the compensation decision and are not bound by any hard and fast rules.  Government lawyers argue that the Minister is perfectly entitled to reject Binnie's report and seek a review.

The judicial review of the Minister of Justice's behaviour in relation to Binnie's report has been postponed until next Tuesday.

David Bain was to head to the High Court in Auckland tomorrow seeking a judicial review into the way Justice Minister Judith Collins handled a report into his case for compensation last year.

Michael Bain, Robin's brother, has come forward with a strong rejection of recent claims that Robin could have been responsible for the Bain murders, and says that the marks on Robin's hands most likely came from working on the guttering the day before or from working on a nature reserve at the school where he was principal.

The Minister of Justice is in the firing line again over the way she handled Justice Binnie's report.  Opposition MP's accuse her of bias in relation to the report and the bid as a whole.  These matters are likely to be subjects of the upcoming judicial review of the matter.

Following is the list of events in relation to the compensation bid, courtesy of NZ Herald:

The Bain file