Sirpa Elise Alalääkkölä v Paul Anthony Palmer - SC 22/2024
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Summary
Civil Appeal
Result
A Leave to appeal is granted (Alalääkkölä v Palmer [2024] NZCA 24).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct in the answers the Court gave to the questions of law before the Court.
9 May 2024__________________________________________________________________A We answer the questions of law as follows: copyrights are property for purposes of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 and they may be relationship property.
B The appeal is dismissed. We direct that the proceeding be remitted to the Family Court to decide the value and distribution or sale of the artworks and copyrights in them.
C The appellant must pay the respondent costs of $15,000 plus usual disbursements. We allow for second counsel.
6 March 2025
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct in the answers the Court gave to the questions of law before the Court.
9 May 2024__________________________________________________________________A We answer the questions of law as follows: copyrights are property for purposes of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 and they may be relationship property.
B The appeal is dismissed. We direct that the proceeding be remitted to the Family Court to decide the value and distribution or sale of the artworks and copyrights in them.
C The appellant must pay the respondent costs of $15,000 plus usual disbursements. We allow for second counsel.
6 March 2025
Date of Hearing
24 October 2024
Judges
Ellen France, Williams, Kós, Miller and O'Regan JJ
Case Synopses
Submissions from counsel
- Hearing date 24 October 2024 Appellant Submissions (PDF 435 KB)
- Hearing date 24 October 2024 Respondent Submissions (PDF 378 KB)
- Hearing date 24 October 2024 Appellant oral outline (PDF 249 KB)
- Hearing date 24 October 2024 Respondent oral outline (PDF 143 KB)