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Found 1623 items matching 2012.
Credit Suisse Private Equity Inc and another v Eric Meserve Houghton and others
Case information | Credit Suisse Private Equity Inc and another v Eric Meserve Houghton and others SC 100/2012
Supreme Court
Civil Appeal – Limitation periods – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that representees’ individual claims had been brought when the first respondent filed his claim on a representative basis – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that …
Vincent Ross Siemer v Michael Heron and others
Case information | Vincent Ross Siemer v Michael Heron and others SC 56/2012
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
Civil Appeal – Security for Costs – Whether Court of Appeal was correct to uphold decision of Acting-Registrar to decline application to dispense with security for costs.CA 103/2012
Arthur William Taylor v The Queen
Case information | Arthur William Taylor v The Queen SC 53/2012
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
Criminal Law – Appeal against Conviction and Sentence – Whether the Court of Appeal was in error in holding that there was a sufficient factual foundation for the charge to go to the jury – Whether the sentence was manifestly excessive (due to disproporti…
Christopher Edward Huggins v The Queen
Case information | Christopher Edward Huggins v The Queen SC 51/2012
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
Criminal – Appeal against conviction – Crimes Act 1961, s 132(3) – Doing an indecent act on a child under 12 years – Unreasonable verdict – Insufficient evidence to convict – Court of Appeal erred in holding that lies told by the accused contributed to co…
CAW v The Queen
Case information | CAW v The Queen SC 34/2012
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
Criminal Appeal – Admissibility of evidence – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that while the search of the property should have been brought to the attention of the issuing officer, the failure to do so was not material – Whether the Court of…
Gerald Thondhlana v The Queen
Case information | Gerald Thondhlana v The Queen SC 50/2012
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
Criminal Appeal – Counsel error – Appeal against conviction of assault with intent to injure – Whether counsel failed to call relevant medical evidence – Whether counsel adequately argued self-defence – Whether Crown witnesses were cross-examined on incon…
The Proprietors of Wakatu Incorporated and others v The Attorney-General
Case information | The Proprietors of Wakatu Incorporated and others v The Attorney-General SC 68/2012
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
Civil Appeal – Maori land – Whether, in the circumstances in which Maori land was acquired for the New Zealand Company’s Nelson settlement, the Crown was in breach of legally enforceable obligations owed to the owners from whom title was acquired – Whethe…
John George Russell v Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Case information | John George Russell v Commissioner of Inland Revenue SC 33/2012
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
Civil Appeal – Tax avoidance – Whether the applicant received a fair and impartial hearing – Whether the Court of Appeal was correct in its analysis of the evidence – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the overall arrangement established an…
Benjamin Izaak Stanley v The Queen
Case information | Benjamin Izaak Stanley v The Queen SC 77/2012
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
Criminal Appeal – jury trials – jury directions – whether trial judges should give a “demeanour direction” in a case where there is a risk that the jury might place weight on the demeanour of a witness as a factor relevant to determining the credibility a…