High Court
Protocol for referral of questions of tikanga under s 99, Marine and Coastal Area
(Takutai Moana) Act 2011 dated 11 October 2023
High Court and District Court Jury Trial Protocol from 21 August 2023
High Court and District Court Jury Trial Protocol from 21 August 2023
Practice Note: Criminal Disclosure in High Court Trials
The purpose of this Practice Note is to put measures in place to avoid delay in making disclosure from disrupting criminal trials (HCPN 2023/1) (PDF, 269 KB)
This Practice Note takes effect from 8 March 2023
Practice Note: 2022 Mapping guidelines for applications to the High Court under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011
Practice Note: 2019 Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal
Arrangements for transfer of proceedings
Practice Note 2019 : Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal (PDF, 267 KB)
Use of electronic common bundles and electronic casebooks in both the civil and criminal jurisdictions of the High Court
The 2019 practice note revokes the 2016 practice note and makes the following changes:
- Definitions, clause 2.2 – the definition of casebook is now inclusive
- Clause 2.5 – the relevant case management conference is the one in which trial directions are made
- Default directions, 2.7(2)(b) – revises a reference to the Protocol
- Default directions, 2.7(2)(d) – is new. Parties who file and serve the bundle or casebook must ensure the software used is capable of accepting additional material that may be introduced during the trial.
Practice note 2019 use of electronic common bundles and casebooks in the High Court (pdf, 409.9 KB)
Criminal Procedure Act 2011
Arrangements for sentence indications for protocol cases from 5 October 2017
Relevant document :
- Note to profession 5 October 2017 (PDF, 435 KB)
Criminal Procedure Act 2011 arrangements from 1 July 2013
Relevant documents :
- Second Appearance of Category 4 Offences now to be held in the High Court and Appearances in the High Court of Protocol Offences as at 1 July 2013 (PDF, 161 KB)
- Procedure for Second Appearances of Category 4 Offences in the High Court as at 1 July 2013 (PDF, 10.4 KB)
- Addresses for filing
Search and Surveillance Act 2012
Section 30(6) Evidence Act 2006
- Practice Note on Police Questioning 2006 (PDF, 12.8 KB)
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Senior Courts electronic document protocol
Notes
- From 1 August 2013 all proceedings of the High Court will be recorded whenever a judge is in court. There will be no change to current arrangements for transcription. In the usual course only criminal proceedings and evidence in civil procedures will be transcribed. This usual practice is of course subject to variation by judicial direction.
Archived Practice Notes
2016
The original practice note came into effect on 25 July 2016. The revision merely revises references to the Higher Courts and High Court Rules in the original document so that they are consistent with the terminology used in the Senior Courts Act 2016
- Practice Note 2016 for the use of electronic common bundles and casebooks in the High Court rev 1 2017 (PDF, 619 KB)
- Practice Note 2016 effective 25 July 2016 (PDF, 466 KB)
Sentencing in the High and District Court
These matters are now dealt with by Part 5A Criminal Procedure Rules 2012:
- Revocation of Practice Note 2014 effective 18 August 2016 (PDF, 132 KB