Joshua Pera Van Silfhout v Udaya Lakshman Agas Pathirannehelage - SC 21/2023

Timestamps:
Appellant’s submissions: 1:35
Secretary for Justice’s submissions: 54:55
Appellant’s reply submissions: 2:29:10

Case details

• Joshua Pera Van Silfhout v Udaya Lakshman Agas Pathirannehelage - SC 21/2023

  Watch Video

  • Joshua Pera Van Silfhout v Udaya Lakshman Agas Pathirannehelage (Recorded, 18 July 2023)

  Media releases

  • MR [2023] NZSC 148 (PDF 396 KB)

  Summary

  Civil Appeal

  Result

  A Leave to appeal is granted (Van Silfhout v Pathirannehelage [2023] NZCA 5).
  B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct in its interpretation of s 64(1) of the Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims Act 2005 which suspends the limitation period for a victim of an offence making a claim under that Act while the offender is “serving a sentence of imprisonment” and, in particular, in concluding that time spent in pre-sentence detention counts to extend the period of suspension.
  4 May 2023
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  A The appeal is allowed.
  B The award of $5,000 to the respondent made by the Victims’ Special Claims Tribunal is set aside.
  6 November 2023

  Date of Hearing

  18 July 2023

  Judges

  Winkelmann CJ, O’Regan, Ellen France, Williams and Kós JJ

  Case Synopses

  • Hearing date 18 July 2023 SC 21_2023 (PDF 310 KB)

  Submissions from counsel

  • Hearing date 18 July 2023 Appellant's Submissions (PDF 268 KB)
  • Hearing date 18 July 2023 Secretary for Justice's Submissions (PDF 1021 KB)
  • Hearing date 18 July 2023 Joint Chronology (PDF 68 KB)

  Hearing Transcripts

  • Hearing date 18 July Transcript (PDF 449 KB)

  Related Documents

  High Court decision — VAN SILFHOUT v PATHIRANNEHELAGE [2021] NZHC 2268 [31 August 2021]

  Court of Appeal decision — VAN SILFHOUT v PATHIRANNEHELAGE [2023] NZCA 5 [8 February 2023]

  Leave judgment - leave granted — JOSHUA PERA VAN SILFHOUT v UDAYA LAKSHMAN AGAS PATHIRANNEHELAGE [2023] NZSC 47 [4 May 2023] (PDF 136 KB)

  Substantive judgment — JOSHUA PERA VAN SILFHOUT v UDAYA LAKSHMAN AGAS [2023] NZSC 148 [6 November 2023] (PDF 322 KB)