Sue Grey (lawyer)#Baby W case

Grey has law and science degrees, the latter majoring in microbiology and biochemistry. She also holds a Royal Society of Health Diploma.{{cite web |url=https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Decisions/2023-NZLCDT-33-Nelson-Standards-Committee-v-Grey.pdf|author1=Ms D Clarkson (chair) |title=Nelson Standard Committee v Grey ([2023] NZLCDT 33 LCDT 021/22) |publisher=New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal |access-date=14 September 2023 |page=5 |date=4 August 2023}}

Grey was admitted to the bar in Auckland on 1 October 1990.{{cite news |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/11/sue-grey-a-lawyer-spreading-covid-19-misinformation-now-under-investigation-by-law-society.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113100719/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/11/sue-grey-a-lawyer-spreading-covid-19-misinformation-now-under-investigation-by-law-society.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 November 2021 |title=Sue Grey, a lawyer spreading COVID-19 misinformation, now under investigation by Law Society |first=Dan |last=Satherley |date=12 November 2021 |work=Newshub |access-date=13 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/register/susan-jane-grey/ |title=Susan Jane Grey |date=25 February 2020 |publisher=New Zealand Law Society Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa |access-date=13 November 2021}} After being a partner in MS Sullivan and Associates, she became a self-employed lawyer based in Nelson.{{Cite web|last=Young|first=Audrey|date=2 May 2003|title=Scampi probe MP quits over affair with lawyer|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/scampi-probe-mp-quits-over-affair-with-lawyer/ZU4GPLFBNDKGWX2EDO5TKAHCLY/|access-date=13 November 2021|website=New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}

In a 2003 investigation by the Ministry of Fisheries into corruption in the scampi industry, Grey was appearing before the select committee representing fisheries company Barine Development. Grey began a relationship with Green Party MP Ian Ewen-Street, a member of the select committee, who at that time was separated from his wife. Both Grey and Ewen-Street were obliged to step down from the investigation; ACT leader Richard Prebble claimed that by having an affair they had "made a mockery of the enquiry". The couple had a child named Ysabella together, but later split.{{Cite web|last=Coddington|first=Deborah|author-link=Deborah Coddington|date=14 October 2005|title=Bye-bye Beehive, now let's rip|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/emdeborah-coddingtonem-bye-bye-beehive-now-lets-rip/5YWDG55G3TPES7FTBE5BSPODA4/|access-date=13 November 2021|website=Herald on Sunday|language=en-NZ}}

In 2008, Grey represented a group of wool growers in a High Court case against the Wool Board, known as the Saxmere Case. After losing the case on appeal, it was revealed that the Wool Board's counsel was joint owner of a racehorse stud with one of the three judges. Grey argued in the Supreme Court that because of this conflict of interest the judge should have excused himself from the case, or disclosed the relationship in open court.{{Cite web|date=31 January 2009|title=The Saxmere Case – how it began|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/archive/national-news/695454/The-Saxmere-Case-how-it-began|access-date=15 November 2021|website=Stuff |language=en-NZ}} The case grew to involve Attorney-General Michael Cullen, by which time Grey was working as a lawyer for the Department of Conservation. The Director-General of the department, Al Morrison, claimed her role in the Saxmere Case was in conflict with her work for DOC and fired her.{{Cite web|date=31 January 2009|title=The riddle of the sacked lawyer|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/695274/The-riddle-of-the-sacked-lawyer|access-date=15 November 2021|website=Stuff |language=en}} In 2010 Justice Bill Wilson resigned over his part in the affair.{{Cite web|url = https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/justice-bill-wilson-quits-131970|title = Justice Bill Wilson quits|date = 21 October 2010|access-date = 7 December 2021|archive-date = 9 December 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211209200418/https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/justice-bill-wilson-quits-131970|url-status = dead}}

The Brook Waimārama Sanctuary near Nelson had planned three aerial drops of 26.5 tonnes of brodifacoum-laced bait from July to October 2017 to eliminate all rodents within its predator-proof fence. This action was challenged in June by a group calling themselves the Brook Valley Community Group (BVCG), with Sue Grey as their lawyer and spokesperson, protesting the aerial poison drop near a waterway.{{Cite news|last=Meij|first=Sara|date=5 August 2017|title=Nelson Brook Sanctuary wins High Court ruling on poison drop|work=Nelson Mail|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/95481046/nelson-brook-sanctuary-wins-high-court-ruling-on-poison-drop|access-date=28 December 2019}} Although portraying themselves as a community group, many of the organisers were anti-1080 activists from outside Nelson.{{Cite web|last=Hansford|first=Dave|date=9 September 2017|title=Zealots ransack vision for the Brook Sanctuary|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/96558044/zealots-ransack-vision-for-the-brook-sanctuary|access-date=29 December 2019|website=Stuff |language=en}} The drop was halted while Grey took the case to the High Court on 7 August, and then, two days before the first drop, to the Court of Appeal; in both cases the court ruled against the BVCG.{{Cite news|last=Sivignon|first=Cherie|date=3 September 2017|title=Pair rub poison in face of Nelson MP Nick Smith, threaten family|work=Nelson Mail|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/96450064/pair-rub-poison-in-face-of-nelson-mp-nick-smith-threaten-family|access-date=28 December 2019}} Nelson MP Nick Smith was accosted on 3 September 2017 (the day of the first drop) by two protesters who abused him, rubbed rat poison in his face, and threatened to poison his family. That same day, a hole was drilled in a fuel tank for helicopters performing the drop, several protesters attempted to block access, and three were arrested.{{Cite web|last=Sivignon|first=Cherie|date=2 September 2017|title=Three arrests as Brook Sanctuary poison drop in Nelson turns nasty|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/96427553/brook-sanctuary-poison-drop-swings-into-action-near-nelson|access-date=28 December 2019|website=Stuff |language=en}} Also on the day of the drop, several BVCG activists claimed on Facebook that they were being poisoned; Grey stated that her "exposed skin was red and burning", and asked her supporters "If my health suddenly deteriorates please can someone make sure that I get an urgent injection of Vitamin K."{{Cite web|last=Hansford|first=Dave|date=9 September 2017|title=Zealots ransack vision for the Brook Sanctuary|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/96558044/zealots-ransack-vision-for-the-brook-sanctuary|access-date=13 November 2021|website=Stuff |language=en-NZ}}

The three poison drops subsequently went ahead, and no bait was dropped outside the sanctuary boundaries, nor was any trace of brodifacoum detected in the stream water.{{Cite web|last=Meij|first=Sara|date=11 September 2017|title=Tracking map shows Brook sanctuary poison drop stayed within fence|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/96715506/tracking-map-shows-brook-sanctuary-poison-drop-stayed-within-fence|access-date=28 December 2019|website=Stuff |language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Meij|first=Sara|date=19 September 2017|title=Water testing shows "no detectable residue" after Brook Sanctuary poison drop|work=Nelson Mail|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/96987014/water-testing-shows-no-detectable-residue-after-brook-sanctuary-poison-drop|access-date=29 December 2019}} Grey defended the protestors who abused Nick Smith in court, but they were found guilty of offensive behaviour and fined.{{Cite web|last=Gee|first=Samantha|date=12 July 2018|title=Rose Renton guilty of offensive behaviour after poison incident|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/105427595/rose-renton-guilty-of-offensive-behaviour-after-poison-incident|access-date=1 December 2021|website=Stuff |language=en-NZ}}

Grey attempted to take the BVCG's appeal to the Supreme Court, but was denied – a decision Grey called "unbelievable" – and the group ordered to pay over $70,000 in legal costs to the Nelson City Council, the Minister for the Environment, and the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary Trust.{{Cite web|last=Bohny|first=Skara|date=21 May 2019|title=Supreme Court dismisses Brook Valley group's appeal over poison drop|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/112885877/supreme-court-dismisses-brook-valley-groups-appeal-over-poison-drop|access-date=28 December 2019|website=Stuff |language=en}} The BVCG considered disbanding as an incorporated society to avoid having to pay the costs and "starting again somewhere else".{{Cite web|last=Bohny|first=Skara|date=28 May 2019|title=Brook Valley group not ruling out disbanding to avoid court costs|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/113040366/brook-valley-group-not-ruling-out-disbanding-to-avoid-court-costs|access-date=28 December 2019|website=Stuff |language=en}} After attempting to recover some of the $100,000 it had spent responding to the BVCG's legal action, the Nelson City Council applied in 2020 for the group to be liquidated.{{Cite news|last=Bohny|first=Skara|date=20 February 2020|title=Broke Brook Valley group asks council not to liquidate for court costs|work=Nelson Mail|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/119601758/broke-brook-valley-group-asks-council-not-to-liquidate-for-court-costs|access-date=23 January 2021}}

In October 2017, at an anti-1080 planning meeting near Nelson, Grey gave a presentation outlining a new strategy for protesting the use of 1080. She suggested activists flood the comments section of news stories and blogs with objections to 1080, even stories that had nothing to do with the poison.{{Cite web|last=Donnell|first=Hayden|date=17 September 2018|title=When anti-1080 activism grew noisy, and got ugly|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/17-09-2018/when-anti-1080-activism-grew-noisy-and-got-ugly/|access-date=14 November 2021|website=The Spinoff }} In the months following, this strategy was implemented in the live streams of every major NZ news organisation, where news stories on any subject were spammed and overwhelmed by "Ban 1080" messages coordinated by the Facebook group Operation Ban 1080.{{Cite web|last=Donnell|first=Hayden|date=23 August 2018|title=How NZ news livestreams became overwhelmed by anti-1080 activists|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/23-08-2018/how-our-major-news-providers-became-overwhelmed-by-anti-1080-activists/|access-date=14 November 2021|website=The Spinoff }}

In September 2018, Grey represented the community conservation organisation Friends of Sherwood Trust and took the Department of Conservation and Auckland Council to the Environment Court, in an attempt to stop the dropping of 1080 poison over 30,000 ha of the Hunua Ranges.{{Cite web|last=Neilson|first=Michael|date=29 July 2019|title=1080 challenge: $40k bill for Friends of Sherwood Trust after Environment Court battle against Auckland Council, DoC|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/1080-challenge-40k-bill-for-friends-of-sherwood-trust-after-environment-court-battle-against-auckland-council-doc/GRZXBEC7LOU5YJZN5KMNW5NF7E/|access-date=13 November 2021|website=New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}} This was a follow-up to a successful drop in 2015, intended to reduce numbers of predators and protect an endangered kōkako population. Grey argued that dropping 1080 onto the ranges would threaten Auckland's water supply and was in breach of the Resource Management Act.{{Cite web|last=Hancock|first=Farah|date=18 September 2019|title=Kōkako singing after the 1080 court case|url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/page/kkako-after-the-court-case|access-date=13 November 2021|website=Newsroom|language=en-NZ}} On 14 September she won a temporary injunction to stop the drop, but lost the case, with the court stating "We are not persuaded that there is likely to be serious harm to the environment if the proposed application proceeds."{{Cite web|date=14 September 2018|title=Court extends temporary injunction on 1080 poison drop in Hunua Ranges|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/court-extends-temporary-injunction-on-1080-poison-drop-in-hunua-ranges/2KA642GQAUMF6EUPWN5FXD4D5Q/|access-date=14 November 2021|website=New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}} She did not appeal the decision, and the drop went ahead in September and October. The Trust then in December put forward an application to prevent the drop, even though it had already occurred, and later withdrew it. DOC and Auckland Council claimed Grey's arguments were "without substance" and the Trust's case was "poorly presented". They were ordered by the court to pay over $40,000 in legal fees, a portion of the costs incurred by the Council and DOC, and an additional $5000 to each of them for the withdrawn application. The Council attempted several times to claim its portion of the amount owed, nearly $28,000, and in February 2021 put the Trust into liquidation.{{Cite web|last=Neilson|first=Michael|date=20 March 2021|title=Hūnua 1080 drop: Auckland Council liquidating Friends of Sherwood Trust over legal challenge|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hunua-1080-drop-auckland-council-liquidating-friends-of-sherwood-trust-over-legal-challenge/GOIQDUQ3DSSB7YKTSX7O63Q3YE/|access-date=13 November 2021|website=New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}} After the poison drop, pest numbers were reported to be at their "lowest ever" levels and the number of breeding pairs of kōkako doubled from 55 to 116 breeding pairs.

Journalist Dave Hansford who followed Grey's efforts to oppose 1080 has labelled her "an opportunistic lawyer with an elastic understanding of science." He wrote:

"Since 1080, she has branched out into every conceivable conspiracy theory there is, but she tends to specialise in the most lucrative. This seems to be the essence of her business model."{{Cite web|last=Ridout|first=Amy|date=13 November 2021|title=By positioning herself as a 'truth seeker', lawyer Sue Grey is fuelling Covid-19 disinformation|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/126822668/by-positioning-herself-as-a-truth-seeker-lawyer-sue-grey-is-fuelling-covid19-disinformation|access-date=2021-11-13|website=Stuff |language=en}}

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Rose Renton was one of the two protestors who had accosted Nick Smith on the day of the Brook Waimārama poison drop and rubbed rat poison in his face. When police visited her house afterwards they noticed her cannabis plants, which she cultivated to provide CBD for local patients. Renton had become an advocate for medicinal cannabis after cannabis oil was used to treat her son, who died in 2015 after experiencing three months of seizures.{{Cite web|last=Arnold|first=Naomi|date=27 January 2016|title=National Portrait: Rose Renton, medical marijuana campaigner|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/76309034/national-portrait-rose-renton-medical-marijuana-campaigner|access-date=15 November 2021|website=Stuff |language=en}} Grey represented Renton, who had initially pleaded guilty in November 2018 on charges of cultivating, possessing, processing and supplying cannabis. In February 2019 she was discharged without conviction; the judge said her offending was "altruistic" in nature.{{Cite web|last=Gee|first=Samantha|date=11 February 2019|title='Green fairy' Rose Renton discharged without conviction over cannabis charges|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/110494981/green-fairy-rose-renton-discharged-without-conviction-over-cannabis-charges|access-date=15 November 2021|website=Stuff |language=en-NZ}} Grey continued to represent "green fairies" – people growing medicinal cannabis for themselves or their friends and family – and many of her clients were discharged without conviction.{{Cite web|last=Todd|first=Katie|date=6 May 2021|title='Green fairies' increasingly getting charged, lawyer says|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/441916/green-fairies-increasingly-getting-charged-lawyer-says|access-date=15 November 2021|website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}

Grey is an opponent of 5G technology, and during 2020 embarked on a tour of New Zealand to raise awareness of what she claims are its dangers, saying the mobile technology is both a human rights and health issue.{{Cite web|date=28 January 2020|title='SAY NO TO 5G'|url=https://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/frontpage-featured/20200128/say-no-to-5g/|access-date=15 November 2021|website=Gisborne Herald |language=en-NZ}} She maintains that telecommunications companies are responsible for releasing radiation into the community without adequate consultation, and encouraged people to petition their local MPs and councils.{{Cite web|last=Jackson|first=Peter|date=11 February 2020|title=People have the power to stop 5G|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northland-age/news/people-have-the-power-to-stop-5g/ZU3PXVBC75RQ4TBRLVFI25L6VA/|access-date=15 November 2021|website=Northland Age|language=en-NZ}} Grey, who has a Bachelor of Science degree, claims that some people are hypersensitive to the effects of 5G and even if "it's a psychological or nocebo effect – that's still an effect…that needs to be protected against."{{Cite web|last=Wilson|first=Libby|date=10 August 2020|title=Cell phone making you sick? It's all in your head|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/122327807/cell-phone-making-you-sick-its-all-in-your-head|access-date=15 November 2021|website=Stuff |language=en-NZ}}

Grey became associated with the resistance to COVID vaccination and elimination in New Zealand.{{Cite web|last=Reeve|first=Dylan|date=10 November 2021|title=Vaccine resistance is creating a business opportunity for fraudsters|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/irl/10-11-2021/online-scammers-are-hawking-fake-documents-to-the-vaccine-resistant/|access-date=15 November 2021|website=The Spinoff }} She has criticised the government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming that New Zealand's work eliminating community transmission of the virus for over a year was "over-vigorous", "increasingly draconian", and "out of control".{{Cite web|last=Clark|first=Byron|date=1 September 2021|title=The radical right in gumboots|url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/page/the-radical-right-in-gumboots|access-date=15 November 2021|website=Newsroom|language=en-NZ}}{{Cite web|last=Nightingale|first=Melissa|date=5 April 2020|title=Covid 19 coronavirus: NZ Outdoors Party criticises lockdown rules|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-nz-outdoors-party-criticises-lockdown-rules/UVTEZUR43KP353SC4LVK6VRKI4/|access-date=15 November 2021|website=New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}} She did not observe some lockdown rules, going paddle-boarding during alert level 4, saying "let's break out of the fear and cotton wool mentality where we are locked inside buildings like frightened mice." Grey describes her opposition to vaccination as "pro-choice", but has compared it to "rape and murder" on her social media, and described the extension of vaccination to 12–17-year-olds as "government-mandated genocide".{{Cite web|last=Vance|first=Andrea|date=1 August 2020|title=Fringe party leader alleges campaign of harassment by Billy TK supporters|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/122289676/fringe-party-leader-alleges-campaign-of-harassment-by-billy-tk-supporters|access-date=13 November 2021|website=Stuff |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Richter|first=Anke|date=21 April 2021|title=How alternative festivals became platforms for conspiracy theorists|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/21-04-2021/how-alternative-festivals-became-platforms-for-conspiracy-theorists/|access-date=15 November 2021|website=The Spinoff }}{{Cite news|last=Wade|first=Amelia|date=13 September 2021|title=COVID-19: War on misinformation continues raging as experts blast minority spreading rumours|language=en|work=Newshub |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/09/covid-19-war-on-misinformation-continues-raging-as-experts-blast-minority-spreading-rumours.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913145625/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/09/covid-19-war-on-misinformation-continues-raging-as-experts-blast-minority-spreading-rumours.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 September 2021|access-date=15 November 2021}} She regularly shares misinformation about COVID-19 and inflates the number of deaths linked to vaccination.{{Cite news|last=Satherley|first=Dan|date=12 November 2021|title=Sue Grey, a lawyer spreading COVID-19 misinformation, now under investigation by Law Society|language=en|work=Newshub |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/11/sue-grey-a-lawyer-spreading-covid-19-misinformation-now-under-investigation-by-law-society.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113100719/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/11/sue-grey-a-lawyer-spreading-covid-19-misinformation-now-under-investigation-by-law-society.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 November 2021|access-date=15 November 2021}} Grey has been assisted in her anti-vaccination organisation by former white supremacist Kyle Chapman, who distributed 5000 anti-vax leaflets around Christchurch; she later advised Chapman when he was arrested on firearms and ammunition charges.{{Cite web|last=Meier|first=Cecile|date=14 April 2021|title=Former far-Right leader plans leaflet drop of Covid-19 vaccine disinformation|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/124831801/former-farright-leader-plans-leaflet-drop-of-covid19-vaccine-disinformation|access-date=15 November 2021|website=Stuff |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Nadine |date=2023-09-11 |title=Far right activist arrested on firearms and ammunition charges |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/132915998/far-right-activist-arrested-on-firearms-and-ammunition-charges |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=Stuff |language=en}}

Grey spread COVID-related disinformation on social media which triggered complaints to the New Zealand Law Society and a series of bans from Facebook. Those bans were for three days in September 2021, then in November another seven days after Grey linked a death to the COVID vaccine.{{Cite web|last=Potts|first=Felix|date=14 September 2021|title=Anti-vaccine activist Sue Grey banned from Facebook for three days|url=https://thisquality.com/anti-vaxx-lawyer-sue-grey-banned-from-facebook-for-three-days/|access-date=30 November 2021|website=thisquality|language=en-US|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925071447/https://thisquality.com/anti-vaxx-lawyer-sue-grey-banned-from-facebook-for-three-days/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|last=Farrier|first=David|date=26 November 2021|title=An Ode to Netiquette|url=https://www.webworm.co/p/netiquette|access-date=30 November 2021|website=www.webworm.co}}{{Cite web|last=Hudson|first=Sam|date=29 November 2021|title=Anti-vaccine activist Sue Grey refuses to comment about her seven-day Facebook ban – audio|url=https://thisquality.com/anti-vaccine-activist-sue-grey-refuses-to-comment-about-her-seven-day-facebook-ban/|access-date=30 November 2021|website=thisquality|language=en-US}} In February 2022, she was banned for a further 30 days.{{Cite web|last=Hudson|first=Sam|date=8 February 2022|title=Anti-vaccine activist Sue Grey banned from Facebook for a month|url=https://thisquality.com/anti-vaccine-activist-sue-grey-banned-from-facebook-for-a-month/|access-date=10 February 2022|website=Thisquality|language=en-US|archive-date=10 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210230906/https://thisquality.com/anti-vaccine-activist-sue-grey-banned-from-facebook-for-a-month/|url-status=dead}}

Grey was part of a legal action by the group Ngā Kaitiaki Tuku Iho Inc against Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, the Minister of Health, the director-general of health and others in the High Court.{{Cite web|last=Harris|first=Katie|date=12 May 2021|title=Covid 19 coronavirus: High Court hears arguments questioning legality of vaccine rollout|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-high-court-hears-arguments-questioning-legality-of-vaccine-rollout/E22ZEJVMCWCLIN25QE3XN56I6U/|access-date=13 November 2021|website=New Zealand Herald|language=en-NZ}}[https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/pdf/jdo/b1/alfresco/service/api/node/content/workspace/SpacesStore/e8d47bc3-10dd-4ef9-ad96-5162f8f12f37/e8d47bc3-10dd-4ef9-ad96-5162f8f12f37.pdf [2021] NZHC 1107]. In May 2021 they challenged the legality of the New Zealand vaccination programme, claiming it was not justified by Section 23 of the Medicines Act, a commonly-invoked provision enabling the Minister of Health to approve medicines for a "limited number of patients".{{Cite news|last=Coughlan|first=Thomas|date=19 May 2021|title=Government to introduce new law for vaccine after legal challenge|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300310925/government-to-introduce-new-law-for-vaccine-after-legal-challenge|access-date=13 November 2021|work=Stuff|language=en-NZ}} The group claimed there was no need for a vaccine rollout, as New Zealand's lockdown had been so successful at reducing spread of the virus. Grey claimed people had not been informed of the "risks" of vaccination, saying, "there's no evidence that they've been given any other alternatives – it's all 'vaccine, vaccine, vaccine'." The judge called Section 23 into question, saying it was an "arguable point" whether a "limited number of patients" could include all New Zealanders aged 16 or over. The Government agreed to reform this part of the law through the Therapeutic Products Bill to be introduced later in 2021, and introduced immediate legislation to allow the vaccination programme to continue.

In October 2021, about 100 lockdown protestors in 50 vehicles calling themselves the "Sovereign Hīkoi of Truth" attempted to breach Auckland's border restrictions en route to Waitangi, where they were to be addressed by Sue Grey. The convoy was stopped by police at Mercer, south of Auckland. The group was labelled "Pākehā anti-vaxxers" by Hone Harawira, and told they were not welcome on the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.{{Cite news|last=Preston|first=Nikki|date=26 October 2021|title=Covid 19 Delta outbreak: 'Scam' anti-lockdown hīkoi stopped at Mercer boundary after overnight standoff|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-delta-outbreak-scam-anti-lockdown-hikoi-stopped-at-mercer-boundary-after-overnight-standoff/M4OAEESO3RSLOGOHSWDGKTURIM/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027022441/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-delta-outbreak-scam-anti-lockdown-hikoi-stopped-at-mercer-boundary-after-overnight-standoff/M4OAEESO3RSLOGOHSWDGKTURIM/|archive-date=27 October 2021|access-date=13 November 2021|work=The New Zealand Herald}} Grey was already at Waitangi, having flown to nearby Kerikeri the day before in a private plane. She said it seemed "so unfair that if you could afford to fly on a plane from Wellington you could get there, but there was no route for those who wanted to drive."

At the time, Grey was representing four Christchurch airport security officers in the High Court, who had lost their jobs after refusing the vaccination mandated for border workers. In court, Grey claimed, "We've got people that test positive that don't have symptoms. It seems to be an art more than a science, perhaps you could say it like that." The judge retorted, "I think I can safely assume COVID exists, can't I?"{{Cite news|last=Callahan|first=Caley|date=21 October 2021|title=Coronavirus: Airport security staff challenge Government's 'no jab, no job' policy in court|language=en|work=Newshub|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/10/coronavirus-airport-security-staff-challenge-government-s-no-jab-no-job-policy-in-court.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028031643/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/10/coronavirus-airport-security-staff-challenge-government-s-no-jab-no-job-policy-in-court.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 October 2021|access-date=15 November 2021}} Grey lost the case, with the court rejecting her argument that the order was unlawful, and reiterating that the vaccine was safe and effective and the rights of the workers was not being infringed.{{Cite web|date=22 October 2021|title=Lawyer argues sacked workers' rights not infringed by 'no jab, no job' rule|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126756167/lawyer-argues-sacked-workers-rights-not-infringed-by-no-jab-no-job-rule|access-date=15 November 2021|work=Stuff|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Kenny|first=Lee|date=8 November 2021|title=Aviation workers lose fight against compulsory Covid vaccination in the High Court|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126928364/aviation-workers-lose-fight-against-compulsory-covid-vaccination-in-the-high-court|access-date=15 November 2021|work=Stuff|language=en}}

Disinformation researcher Kate Hannah claimed Grey is "a key figure in New Zealand's disinformation network" in relation to COVID-19. Hannah stated:

''[Grey] has status as a lawyer; people expect her to be rigorous, thoughtful, trustworthy, clever. When she speaks about something she has a higher predictable impact than when Joe Bloggs speaks.…What motivates Sue Grey to tell you these things? Is she asking you to donate? Yes."

In late November 2022, Grey represented two parents who objected to the use of blood from COVID-19 vaccinated people in their infant son's ("Baby W") heart surgery. Health New Zealand has sought legal guardianship of "Baby W". The initial hearing was heard on 30 November with the full urgent hearing scheduled for 6 December 2022.{{cite news |last1=Pearse |first1=Adam |title=Health NZ head to court over baby guardianship after parents request unvaccinated blood used in heart surgery |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/parents-request-unvaccinated-blood-used-in-babys-heart-surgery/U2PRAPN7RVECRPWF3EXDDNEXSM/ |access-date=29 November 2022 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=29 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129230323/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/parents-request-unvaccinated-blood-used-in-babys-heart-surgery/U2PRAPN7RVECRPWF3EXDDNEXSM/ |archive-date=29 November 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Pearse |first1=Adam |last2=Sharma |first2=Akula |title='An impasse': Urgent court hearing for Health NZ and parents who refuse vaccinated blood for baby's heart surgery |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/supporters-gather-as-health-nz-heads-to-court-over-baby-guardianship-after-parents-request-unvaccinated-blood-for-heart-surgery/KARDMXINANC37L2AUB4KIGRYJM/ |access-date=29 November 2022 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=30 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129230556/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/supporters-gather-as-health-nz-heads-to-court-over-baby-guardianship-after-parents-request-unvaccinated-blood-for-heart-surgery/KARDMXINANC37L2AUB4KIGRYJM/ |archive-date=29 November 2022|url-status=live}} In two radio interviews about the case, Grey falsely claimed blood from vaccinated donors contained "inflammatory factors" and was unsafe.{{Cite web |last=Sowman-Lund |first=Stewart |date=1 December 2022 |title=Shock: Sue Grey used her radio slots to peddle misinformation |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/01-12-2022/shock-sue-grey-used-her-radio-slots-to-peddle-misinformation |access-date=1 December 2022|website=The Spinoff |language=en}} Doctors and the national blood bank New Zealand Blood Service pointed out this was incorrect, and that a COVID-19 vaccination is broken down quickly after injection, with all donor blood being filtered before use.{{Cite web |last=Milne |first=Jonathan |date=1 December 2022 |title=Compromise needed for sick baby, not 'vaccinated blood' arguments outside court |url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/compromise-needed-to-help-sick-baby-not-arguments-outside-high-court |website=Newsroom}} A group called "Liveblood" stated in response to the ruling that they were "working tirelessly" for New Zealanders to have the "safest, freshest, best directed donor blood".{{cite news |last1=Earley |first1=Melanie |title=Rival blood bank set up in wake of baby donor case would be 'breaking law' |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/300761425/rival-blood-bank-set-up-in-wake-of-baby-donor-case-would-be-breaking-law |access-date=11 December 2022 |work=Stuff |date=9 December 2022 |language=en}}

On 7 December, Justice Ian Gault of the Auckland High Court placed Baby W under the guardianship of the court. He appointed two doctors as agents of the court to provide consent for surgery, allowing the surgery to go ahead, while Baby W's parents retained guardianship on non-medical matters.{{Cite NZLII|litigants=Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand, Te Toka Tumai v C and S|court=New Zealand High Court|year=2022|num=3283}}{{Cite news |last=Block |first=George |date=7 December 2022 |title=Baby blood donor vaccine battle: Judge rules in favour of Te Whatu Ora, child placed under court's guardianship for surgery |work=The New Zealand Herald |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/baby-blood-donor-vaccine-battle-judge-to-deliver-high-courts-ruling-this-evening/WG7T6AWM4BHU5PHZL37X2ZI374/ |url-status=live |access-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207090518/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/baby-blood-donor-vaccine-battle-judge-to-deliver-high-courts-ruling-this-evening/WG7T6AWM4BHU5PHZL37X2ZI374/ |archive-date=7 December 2022}}{{cite news |title=New Zealand court takes custody of sick baby from anti-COVID vaccine parents |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-07/nz-takes-custody-of-baby-from-anti-vax-parents/101746236 |access-date=10 December 2022 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208233107/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-07/nz-takes-custody-of-baby-from-anti-vax-parents/101746236 |archive-date=8 December 2022|url-status=live}} On 8 December, Grey initially confirmed that the parents would not be appealing the Judge's decision to hand over guardianship of Baby W, citing the urgent medical needs of the baby.{{cite news |title=No appeal against ruling in baby blood case, surgery to go ahead |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/480341/no-appeal-against-ruling-in-baby-blood-case-surgery-to-go-ahead |access-date=10 December 2022 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208103245/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/480341/no-appeal-against-ruling-in-baby-blood-case-surgery-to-go-ahead |archive-date=8 December 2022|url-status=live}} After the parents obstructed medical personnel trying to prepare Baby W for heart surgery, Gault issued an emergency allowing Police to use "reasonable force" to enforce the Court's ruling.{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Akula |title=Baby blood donor battle: Video captures the moment when baby boy taken from parents |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/baby-blood-donor-battle-video-captures-the-moment-when-baby-boy-taken-from-parents/EI6ETQOFONGOTPQ2W345AKLGHE/ |access-date=10 December 2022 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209075252/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/baby-blood-donor-battle-video-captures-the-moment-when-baby-boy-taken-from-parents/EI6ETQOFONGOTPQ2W345AKLGHE/ |archive-date=9 December 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Corlett |first1=Eva |title=New Zealand 'Baby W' case: boy has surgery after court gives doctors guardianship |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/09/new-zealand-baby-w-case-boy-has-surgery-after-court-gives-doctors-guardianship |access-date=10 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209170637/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/09/new-zealand-baby-w-case-boy-has-surgery-after-court-gives-doctors-guardianship |archive-date=9 December 2022|url-status=live}} On 9 December, Grey confirmed that Baby W had undergone a successful heart surgery operation and was recovering well. The following day, Grey and the parents stated that they would continue challenging the Court's decision through the legal system.{{cite news |title=Baby blood donor vaccine battle: 'This isn't over' – Baby W parents vow to take action |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/baby-blood-donor-vaccine-battle-this-isnt-over-baby-w-parents-vow-to-take-action/O53YJ4QJ4FBM7AAKHJIUKMWGB4/ |access-date=11 December 2022 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=10 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210072644/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/baby-blood-donor-vaccine-battle-this-isnt-over-baby-w-parents-vow-to-take-action/O53YJ4QJ4FBM7AAKHJIUKMWGB4/ |archive-date=10 December 2022|url-status=live}}

In two 2022 interviews about the case Grey used the baby's name, which was suppressed, a total of six times. One interview was livestreamed by Liz Gunn, who also named the parents. In a decision released in 2025 the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal found that although Grey's mistake wasn't deliberate it still amounted to unsatisfactory (but not disgraceful or dishonourable) conduct.{{cite news |last1=Neal |first1=Tracy |title=Disciplinary tribunal says lawyer Sue Grey’s ‘sloppy’ use of suppressed name amounts to unsatisfactory conduct |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/disciplinary-tribunal-says-lawyer-sue-greys-sloppy-use-of-suppressed-name-amounts-to-unsatisfactory-conduct/VWQSHNQYW5GWXI3USQP7YG2VJI/ |access-date=7 February 2025 |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date=29 November 2024}} She was ordered to pay $14,190 in costs.{{cite news |last1=Neal |first1=Tracy |title=Nelson lawyer Sue Grey fined; ordered to pay costs for ‘sloppy’ slip-up in Covid-era baby case |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nelson-lawyer-sue-grey-fined-ordered-to-pay-costs-for-babys-name-slip-in-covid-era-case/6CUCHLXV2ZCTJEPR5AASJRZFWI/ |access-date=26 March 2025 |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date=26 March 2025}}

In January 2020 Grey was elected co-leader of the New Zealand Outdoors Party (now known as the NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party).{{Cite web|title=Party lists from the 2020 General Election|url=https://elections.nz/democracy-in-nz/historical-events/2020-general-election-and-referendums/party-lists-from-the-2020-general-election/|access-date=13 November 2021|website=Electoral Commission Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri|language=en-NZ}} She found support among new party members who had come from the recently-deregistered Ban 1080 Party, which had received around 0.1% of the party vote in 2014 and 2017.{{Cite news|last=Braae|first=Alex|date=12 January 2020|title=Outdoors Party reckons it can ride an anti-1080 wave to Parliament in 2020|language=en|work=Newshub |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/01/outdoors-party-reckons-it-can-ride-an-anti-1080-wave-to-parliament-in-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121111656/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/01/outdoors-party-reckons-it-can-ride-an-anti-1080-wave-to-parliament-in-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 January 2020|access-date=13 November 2021}}

Throughout 2020, including during the general election, Grey and her party were staunch opponents of the Government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic (see COVID-19 views above) and become part of a loose, fractious "freedom" movement which often staged protests across the country. Grey claimed that in April 2020 she had been approached by prominent conspiracy theorist Billy Te Kahika, who wanted to "take over" the Outdoors Party, leaving Grey as deputy leader but firing the board and candidates and rebranding as what Grey called "Billy's People's Party". Instead, Te Kahika founded the New Zealand Public Party in June and merged it with Jami-Lee Ross's Advance New Zealand party in July. Grey and Outdoors Party co-leader Alan Simmons met Te Kahika and Ross in Auckland that month, but turned down another offer to cooperate. As a result of their refusal, Grey claimed that she and Simmons were the subject of a "nasty social media and email campaign" by supporters of Te Kahika, who in turn claimed "the worst and the filthiest behaviour has actually come from Outdoors Party supporters towards us."

As a Nelson electorate candidate in 2020 Grey received 679 votes, finishing 6th. Labour's Rachel Boyack won, unseating incumbent National MP Nick Smith.{{Cite web|date=6 November 2020|title=2020 General Election Results of the Official Count – 2020-au5126|url=https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2020-au5126|access-date=13 November 2021|website=New Zealand Gazette }} Grey had said that it was "time for a change" after Smith's two decades as Nelson's MP.{{Cite web|last=Sivignon|first=Cherie|date=14 January 2020|title=Lawyer Sue Grey aims to win Nelson electorate seat for NZ Outdoors Party|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/118766366/lawyer-sue-grey-aims-to-win-nelson-electorate-seat-for-nz-outdoors-party|access-date=15 November 2021|website=Stuff |language=en-NZ}} Nationally, the Outdoors Party won 3,256 party votes, slightly over twice its 2017 result and around 0.1% of the total.

Grey contested the 2022 Tauranga by-election for the renamed NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party. She moved to Tauranga for the election.{{Cite news |last=Ogden |first=Gavin |date=28 May 2022 |title=Local Focus: Sue Grey on Candidate Camera |work=Bay of Plenty Times |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/local-focus-sue-grey-on-candidate-camera/GF22IMY7KXL2BLS3NZDQPF22AM/ |access-date=20 June 2022}} During the campaign Grey attempted to join the three main candidates onstage at a debate at the University of Waikato, but was prevented by security. She attempted to live-stream the closed event until she was asked to leave. A supporter of Grey's said he would burn his New Zealand flag.{{Cite web |last=Gillespie |first=Kiri |date=14 June 2022 |title=Protest and 'fascism' claim at byelection debate |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/tauranga-byelection-protest-fascism-claim-and-people-kicked-out-at-debate/KWPWV235FA3YKQKZHSSABJ5N2Y/ |access-date=19 June 2022 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}} With 1030 of 20,784 votes (4.7%) Grey came fourth, losing to Sam Uffindell.{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Tauranga by-election official result |url=https://www.electionresults.govt.nz/2022_tauranga_byelection/ |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=Electoral Commission Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri |language=en-NZ}}

In May 2023 Sue Grey's party joined the Freedoms NZ umbrella party and she became a co-leader alongside Brian Tamaki.{{cite news |title=Outdoors Party reveals it's joining forces with Brian Tamaki's Freedoms NZ |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/05/outdoors-party-reveals-it-s-joining-forces-with-brian-tamaki-s-freedoms-nz.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513020620/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/05/outdoors-party-reveals-it-s-joining-forces-with-brian-tamaki-s-freedoms-nz.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 May 2023 |access-date=14 May 2023 |publisher=Newshub |date=13 May 2023}}{{cite news |title=Brian Tamaki to run for Parliament as Freedom NZ leader |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/489821/brian-tamaki-to-run-for-parliament-as-freedom-nz-leader |access-date=14 May 2023 |publisher=RNZ |date=13 May 2023}}{{cite news |title=Brian Tamaki vs Newshub: TV show pulls Destiny Church leader interview off-air |access-date=14 May 2023 |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date=13 May 2023|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/brian-tamaki-vs-newshub-tv-show-pulls-destiny-church-leader-interview-off-air-at-last-moment/FIV3R6V2OBDDBH7OQJXGYLYP7E/}} She was counted as a "list only candidate" (ranked #2) for Freedoms NZ, which received 0.33% of the party vote,{{cite web |title=2023 General Election - Official Result |url=https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2023/ |publisher=Electoral Commission |access-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205020139/https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2023/ |archive-date=5 December 2023 |date=3 November 2023 |url-status=live}} and finished seventh in the West Coast-Tasman as the Outdoors & Freedom Party candidate.{{cite web |title=Freedoms New Zealand |url=https://policy.nz/2023/party-vote/parties/freedoms-new-zealand |website=Policy.nz |access-date=13 September 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Sowman-Lund |first1=Stewart |title=How can a candidate be running for two different parties? |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/live-updates/12-09-2023/how-can-a-candidate-be-running-for-two-different-parties |access-date=13 September 2023 |publisher=The Spinoff |date=12 September 2023}}{{cite web |title=West Coast-Tasman - Official Result |url=https://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2023/electorate-details-61.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |access-date=20 November 2023 |date=3 November 2023 }}

In 2021 the New Zealand Law Society received multiple formal complaints against Grey. One, laid in May by a member of the public, referred to Grey's use of social media to share disinformation, call for hangings, and refer to PM Jacinda Ardern as "the poisoner". Other similar complaints were made at the time.{{cite news |date=9 December 2022 |title=Complaint lodged against anti-vaccination lawyer Sue Grey 18 months ago unresolved |work=Radio New Zealand |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/480375/complaint-lodged-against-anti-vaccination-lawyer-sue-grey-18-months-ago-unresolved |url-status=live |access-date=11 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209045554/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/480375/complaint-lodged-against-anti-vaccination-lawyer-sue-grey-18-months-ago-unresolved |archive-date=9 December 2022}} In September, Grey claimed via social media that the death of an Auckland teenager from a heart condition was the vaccine's first "teen death", a claim denied by the Chief Coroner and the Prime Minister.{{Cite web|last=Broughton|first=Cate|date=12 November 2021|title=Law Society to investigate complaint over anti-vax lawyer Sue Grey|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126962465/law-society-to-investigate-complaint-over-antivax-lawyer-sue-grey|access-date=15 November 2021|website=Stuff |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite web|last=Earley|first=Melanie|date=15 September 2021|title=Covid-19: Chief Coroner says there's no evidence an Auckland teenager's death was linked to vaccine|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300407444/covid19-chief-coroner-says-theres-no-evidence-an-auckland-teenagers-death-was-linked-to-vaccine|access-date=15 November 2021|website=Stuff |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite web|last1=Henry|first1=Dubby|last2=Kapitan|first2=Craig|date=12 September 2021|title=Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Teenager's death not related to Pfizer jab, Prime Minister says|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-delta-outbreak-teenagers-death-not-related-to-pfizer-jab-prime-minister-says/7CFYHIGX2YYE3ACK3R32HTN424/|access-date=15 November 2021|website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}} The next month another complaint to the Law Society claimed she breached the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2008 by "promotion of misinformation as a tool for the self-promotion of her firm and political party" and bringing her profession into disrepute.{{Cite web|last=Broughton|first=Cate|date=29 October 2021|title=Formal complaint against anti-vax lawyer lodged with the Law Society|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126828523/formal-complaint-against-antivax-lawyer-lodged-with-the-law-society|access-date=30 November 2021|website=Stuff |language=en-NZ}}

In November the Law Society announced they would "investigate general concerns raised around Ms Grey's activities" rather than pursue any specific complaint. The Nelson Standards Committee conducted an investigation, and referred the matter to the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal. Grey requested a review of that decision, but this was resolved and in December 2022 it was determined that "charges can now be filed with the Tribunal."{{Cite web |last=Sommerville |first=Troels |date=13 December 2022 |title=Anti-vax lawyer Sue Grey set to face charges at disciplinary tribunal |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/130736729/antivax-lawyer-sue-grey-set-to-face-charges-at-disciplinary-tribunal |access-date=14 December 2022 |website=Stuff |language=en}} A preliminary hearing with the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal was held on 24 July, with Grey having tried and failed to have the matter thrown out.{{cite news |last1=Sommerville |first1=Troels |title=Lawyer Sue Grey to face charges at tribunal after failing to have case dismissed |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/132212986/lawyer-sue-grey-to-face-charges-at-tribunal-after-failing-to-have-case-dismissed |access-date=6 June 2023 |publisher=Stuff |date=7 June 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Sommerville |first1=Troels |title=Lawyer Sue Grey to appear before tribunal, police keep watchful eye on crowds |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/132601431/lawyer-sue-grey-to-appear-before-tribunal-police-keep-watchful-eye-on-crowds |access-date=23 July 2023 |publisher=Stuff |date=24 July 2023}} She argued that she should not be held to "the standards that a lawyer is held to" when she acts as a politician or while wearing other "hats". The tribunal reserved its decision,{{cite news |last1=Sommerville |first1=Troels |title=Tribunal reserves decision in matter regarding Sue Grey's future as a lawyer |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/132601431/tribunal-reserves-decision-in-matter-regarding-sue-greys-future-as-a-lawyer |access-date=25 July 2023 |publisher=Stuff |date=25 July 2023}} and on 4 August 2023 found her comments did not amount to misconduct because they were made by her as a private citizen.{{cite news|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/495176/lawyer-sue-grey-s-covid-19-vaccine-comments-did-not-amount-to-misconduct-tribunal|title=Lawyer Sue Grey's Covid-19 vaccine comments did not amount to misconduct – tribunal|publisher=Radio New Zealand |date=4 August 2023|first=Bailey|last=Brannon}}

On 13 December 2022, Grey was briefly placed in custody by the judge trying the case of Mad Café owner Kelvin McKenney, also known as Nganga. McKenney, whose Collingwood café is known as an "anti-vax" business, was representing himself in the judge-only trial, charged with selling alcohol without a licence.{{cite news |last1=Chin |first1=Frances |title=Judge tells Mad cafe owner he has no 'special status' in the law |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300612222/judge-tells-mad-cafe-owner-he-has-no-special-status-in-the-law |access-date=13 December 2022 |publisher=Stuff |date=13 June 2022 |quote=A man known for running an anti-vax café in a small Golden Bay town...}} He said that Grey was there "on behalf of the courts" to present "legal facts".{{cite news |last1=Townshend |first1=Katie |last2=Ridout |first2=Amy |title=Sue Grey taken into custody in Nelson after 'disrupting the court' |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/130747951/sue-grey-taken-into-custody-in-nelson-after-disrupting-the-court |access-date=13 December 2022 |date=13 December 2022|publisher=Stuff }} The judge had Grey removed for contempt and she spent time in a cell.{{cite news |last1=Griffiths |first1=Ethan |title=Lawyer Sue Grey in custody, accused of contempt of court |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/lawyer-sue-grey-in-custody-accused-of-contempt-of-court/3YS6TBD4XZFIZANFV2DRMCZHH4/ |access-date=13 December 2022 |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date=13 December 2022}} Later the same day, Grey appeared in front of the judge. She apologised and said that she had intended to act as a McKenzie friend of the defendant, assisting the court. Judge Zohrab described her behaviour as disruptive, having the effect of inciting people in the back of the court to the degree there was a “virtual riot”. The Law Society will review Grey's conduct in court.{{cite news |last1=Griffiths |first1=Ethan |date=13 December 2022 |title=Lawyer Sue Grey apologises to judge after being locked up for contempt of court |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/lawyer-sue-grey-in-custody-accused-of-contempt-of-court/3YS6TBD4XZFIZANFV2DRMCZHH4/ |access-date=13 December 2022 |publisher=New Zealand Herald }}

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• Johnston, Kirsty (April 2022, republished 13 December 2022). "[https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/128296235/just-asking-questions-how-lawyer-sue-grey-became-the-hero-of-new-zealands-conspiracy-underbelly Just asking questions: How lawyer Sue Grey became the hero of New Zealand's conspiracy underbelly]". Stuff.

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