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[2015] NZSC 147
APN New Zealand Limited v Simunovich Fisheries Limited and others
Case information | APN New Zealand Limited v Simunovich Fisheries Limited and others SC 69/2008
Supreme Court
Civil – Defamation – whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the obligation in s 38 of the Defamation Act 1992 applies to the pleading of a stand alone defence of truth – whether the Court of Appeal was wrong to find that the “repetition rule” a…
Dillin Pakai v The Queen
Case information | Dillin Pakai v The Queen SC 110/2016
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
Criminal Appeal – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the jury verdicts were not unreasonable as the jury could reasonably have rejected that the applicants were acting in self defence – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the …
Shane Pierre Harrison v The Queen
Case information | Shane Pierre Harrison v The Queen SC 111/2016
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
Criminal Appeal – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the jury verdicts were not unreasonable as the jury could reasonably have rejected that the applicants were acting in self defence – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the …
Patricia Pickering v The Queen
Case information | Patricia Pickering v The Queen SC 52/2012
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
Criminal Appeal – evidence – jury directions – what duty does the Crown Solicitor have to inform the defence in a timely manner when the Crown proposes resiling from an earlier agreement not to offer propensity evidence – is it fair that defence consent t…
Steven John Cleave v The Queen
Case information | Steven John Cleave v The Queen SC 32/2011
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
Criminal Appeal – Wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm – Whether appellant was denied right to elect to give evidence of self-defence by defence counsel – Whether defence counsel failed to follow instructions by not proceeding with forensic …
Television New Zealand Limited v Simunovich Fisheries Limited and others
Case information | Television New Zealand Limited v Simunovich Fisheries Limited and others SC 70/2008
Supreme Court
Civil – Defamation – whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the repetition and conduct rules of pleading apply to a defence of truth – whether the Court of Appeal was wrong to find that a defendant may not seek to prove the truth of imputati…
Wayne Peter Hitchings v The Queen
Case information | Wayne Peter Hitchings v The Queen SC 98/2006
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
Criminal – appeal against conviction – whether material acquired by the Crown was evidence “going to rebut notified alibi defences and therefore not disclosable” or whether it was material that would assist the defence and therefore disclosable as of righ…