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Judgment on 'Record of Case': Dotcom & Ors v USA
Friday, 21 March 2014, 11:40 am | NZ Supreme Court
McGrath, William Young, Glazebrook and Blanchard JJ have decided that s 25 of the Extradition Act does not require that a “record of the case” include copies of all documents it summarises. More >>
Leave to Appeal: University of Canterbury v ICNZ
Wednesday, 26 February 2014, 4:23 pm | NZ Supreme Court
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY v THE INSURANCE COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED [2014] NZSC 13 [26 February 2014] More >>
Judgment: BFSL 2007 Ltd & Ors v Peter David Steigrad
Monday, 23 December 2013, 4:44 pm | NZ Supreme Court
These two appeals concern the effect of s 9 of the Law Reform Act 1936, which imposes a statutory charge over insurance money payable to an insured to indemnify the insured for damages or compensation payable to third party claimants. More >>
NZ Pork Industry Board v Ministry For Primary Industries
Friday, 20 December 2013, 4:20 pm | NZ Supreme Court
The appellant, the New Zealand Pork Industry Board, brought judicial review proceedings challenging the decision of the Director-General of the Ministry of Primary Industries’ (formerly the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) to issue import health standards ... More >>
Judgment: Waterhouse v Contractors Bonding
Friday, 20 September 2013, 3:39 pm | NZ Supreme Court
Messrs Godfrey and Robert Waterhouse, have brought proceedings in the High Court against Contractors Bonding Ltd, in relation to a failed business in Georgia, United States of America. The Waterhouses allege negligence, deceit and breach of fiduciary ... More >>
Judgment: West Coast Ent Inc v Buller Coal Ltd
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 3:45 pm | NZ Supreme Court
Buller Coal Ltd applied to the West Coast Regional Council and the Buller District Council for resource consents under the Resource Management Act 1991 for an open-cast coal mine on the Denniston Plateau on the West Coast of the South Island. The coal ... More >>
Judgment: Akulue v The Queen
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 3:42 pm | NZ Supreme Court
The appellant, Ifeanyi Jude Akulue, is charged with importing and conspiring to supply methamphetamine. He wishes to raise defences of compulsion and necessity. Whether the evidence on which he relies is sufficient to raise these defences and should ... More >>
Stewart Murray Wilson: Leave to Appeal Dismissed
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 11:21 am | NZ Supreme Court
[Full judgment: SC_52_2013_Wilson_v_R.pdf ] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND SC 52/2013 [2013] NZSC 78 BETWEEN STEWART MURRAY WILSON Applicant AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Respondent JUDGMENT OF THE COURT The application ... More >>
Fukofuka v The Queen - Convictions Quashed, Retrial Ordered
Monday, 19 August 2013, 4:18 pm | NZ Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the appeal. The Court found that the Judge failed to meet the mandatory requirements of s 126 of the Evidence Act in two respects. First, he did not tell the jury that a mistaken identification can result in a serious ... More >>
Judgment: Vincent Ross Siemer v Solicitor-General
Friday, 12 July 2013, 3:55 pm | NZ Supreme Court
The appeal is accordingly dismissed and the Supreme Court has directed that Mr Siemer must commence serving his sentence. More >>
Order: Pork Industry Board v Ministry for Primary Industries
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 5:30 pm | NZ Supreme Court
The order made on 31 May 2013 is revoked and in its place there is an order as follows: The Ministry for Primary Industries, and any inspector acting on its behalf, is restrained from granting biosecurity clearances under ss 26–28 of the Biosecurity Act 1993 ... More >>
Ann Mary Seaton v Ministry for Land Information
Monday, 29 April 2013, 5:01 pm | NZ Supreme Court
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) resolved to widen Russley Road in Christchurch as part of its project to upgrade State Highway 1. The completion of this road-widening project requires the removal of three electricity towers, which currently sit on ... More >>
Shane Daniel Hannigan v The Queen
Monday, 29 April 2013, 4:57 pm | NZ Supreme Court
The appellant, Shane Hannigan, was found guilty of arson following a trial in the District Court. The Crown alleged that he had started a fire in the kitchen of his house on 21 June 2009 to generate an insurance claim which he hoped would fund its ... More >>
Urewera Four Declined Leave To Appeal To Supreme Court
Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 4:32 pm | NZ Supreme Court
We are not satisfied that it is necessary in the interests of justice for this Court to hear and determine the proposed appeals. None of the matters raised is, when properly analysed, of general or public importance. Nor do we consider a substantial miscarriage ... More >>
Judgment: NZ Maori Council and Others v Attorney-General
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 3:42 pm | NZ Supreme Court
In this context, the Supreme Court has concluded that the partial privatisation of Mighty River Power will not impair to a material extent the Crown’s ability to remedy any Treaty breach in respect of Maori interests in water. More >>
Judgment: Kapa v R
Thursday, 20 December 2012, 5:08 pm | NZ Supreme Court
On 2 December 2007 James Kapa, the appellant, and Ronald van Wakeren burgled the National Army Museum at Waiouru and stole 96 gallantry medals worth over $5 million. Two members of the public, Lord Ashcroft and Mr Tom Sturgess, offered a substantial ... More >>
Kim v The Prison Manager, Mount Eden Corrections Facility
Thursday, 20 December 2012, 5:03 pm | NZ Supreme Court
Kyung Yup Kim, a citizen of the Republic of Korea and a permanent resident of New Zealand, is presently detained in Mt Eden Prison. An ex parte application for a provisional arrest warrant in respect of Mr Kim was made on behalf of the People’s Republic ... More >>
Leave to Appeal: Maori Coucil v Attorney-General
Tuesday, 18 December 2012, 10:28 am | NZ Supreme Court
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT A Leave to appeal, and to appeal direct to this Court, is granted. B The approved ground of appeal is whether the High Court was right to dismiss the application for review. C The respondents will prepare the case on appeal and ... More >>
Vector Limited V Commerce Commission (SC 46/2012)
Thursday, 15 November 2012, 4:04 pm | NZ Supreme Court
15 November 2012 MEDIA RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION VECTOR LIMITED v COMMERCE COMMISSION (SC 46/2012) [2012] NZSC 99 PRESS SUMMARY More >>
Commissioner of Inland Revenue v Redcliffe Forestry Venture
Friday, 9 November 2012, 11:44 am | NZ Supreme Court
On 15 September 2009, Redcliffe Forestry Venture Ltd and others applied to the High Court to set aside a High Court judgment, which had concluded that the Trinity scheme that they were involved in was a tax avoidance arrangement. The judgment had eventually ... More >>
