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[2024] NZSC 55
[2016] NZSC 62
[2020] NZSC 76
Whangārei District Council v Daisley
Case information | Whangārei District Council v Daisley [2024] NZCA 161
Court of Appeal
Decision of Public Interest
The appeal is allowed in part. The finding that Whangārei District Council is liable for the misfeasance of its officers in public office is set aside, along with the award of exemplary damages. The appeal is otherwise dismissed. The Council must pay …
R v Discovery NZ Ltd reissued on 8 March 2024
Case information | R v Discovery NZ Ltd reissued on 8 March 2024 [2023] NZHC 2533
High Court
Decision of Public Interest
An application for an interim injunction to prevent publication of a news story on NewsHub TV3 is dismissed because the applicants have not shown that defamation, for which there is no reasonable possibility of a legal defence, is likely to be published.
Proprietors of Wakatū and Rore Pat Stafford and others v Attorney-General and Ngāti Rārua Iwi Trust and Ngāti Kōata Trust
Case information | Proprietors of Wakatū and Rore Pat Stafford and others v Attorney-General and Ngāti Rārua Iwi Trust and Ngāti Kōata Trust SC 13/2015
Supreme Court
Civil appeal – Whether the Crown breached legally enforceable obligations in respect of land acquired for the New Zealand Company’s Nelson Settlement – Whether lapse of time provides the Crown a defence – Whether the first and third appellants have standi…
Alisdair Bruce Aylwin v New Zealand Police
Case information | Alisdair Bruce Aylwin v New Zealand Police SC 33/2008
Supreme Court
Criminal – appeal by way of case stated – whether, on a charge of driving with excess breath alcohol, evidence must be given by the prosecution as to the manner in which the breath screening and/or evidential breath tests were carried out – whether the pr…
Tony Gordon Best v The Queen
Case information | Tony Gordon Best v The Queen SC 57/2015
Supreme Court
Criminal Appeal – Evidence Act 2006, s 44 – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in categorising the evidence excluded in the District Court as sexual experience evidence pursuant to s 44 – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in ruling that the evidence was in…
Philip Wayne Hart v The Queen
Case information | Philip Wayne Hart v The Queen SC 74/2009
Supreme Court
Criminal appeal – appeal against conviction – convictions for sexual offending – the trial judge acceded to an application by the Crown for a prior consistent statement of the complainant to be admitted in terms of s 35(2) of the Evidence Act 2006 to rebu…