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[2020] NZSC 137
Hearing date 25 February 2020
Skerret-White & Ors v Minister For Children & Ors
Case information | Skerret-White & Ors v Minister For Children & Ors [2024] NZCA 160
Court of Appeal
Decision of Public Interest
Judicial review - Appeals - Treaty of Waitangi - Procedure - Commissions of inquiry - Evidence - Comity- Power to issue summonses - Waitangi Tribunal - Minister The appeals are formally allowed, but we make no other order having regard to the changed cir…
Eric Barry Stewart v The Queen
Case information | Eric Barry Stewart v The Queen SC 81/2008
Supreme Court
Criminal Appeal – fraudulent use of medical certificates on ACC forms appeal against conviction – motive to lie – whether the prosecutor’ s comments to the jury about the applicant’s motive to lie amounted to a miscarriage of justice – whether the trial j…
Laxman Rajamani v the Queen
Case information | Laxman Rajamani v the Queen SC 8/2007
Supreme Court
Criminal appeal – murder – husband killed wife – defence of lack of murderous intent and provocation – husband and wife both Indian - alleged provocative act by wife was in threatening to leave her husband for a Pakistani colleague – whether trial judge e…
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…
AVM v The Queen
Case information | AVM v The Queen SC 34/2011
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
Criminal – Evidence Act 2006, ss 37 and 85 – Whether Crown ought to have disclosed material in its possession regarding expert witness to defence, in order to prevent ‘trial by ambush’ – Whether cross-examination of expert was in substance a challenge to …
F v The Queen
Case information | F v The Queen SC 72/2011
Supreme Court
Leave to Appeal
Leave to appeal dismissed
Criminal Appeal – Evidence – Witness C gave evidence against the appellant at trial and later recanted this in an affidavit – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in fact and law in not considering the recantation credible or cogent and in holding that the e…