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For example, a judge of the High Court would be referred to as Venning J, whereas a judge of the District Court would be referred to as Judge Neave. Judges in New Zealand are addressed as "Your Honour" or "Sir/Madam"; in social settings, they may be addressed simply as "Judge". [20] In Commonwealth tradition, New Zealand judges do not use ...
Marcia Ann Neave AO FASSA FAAL (born 23 August 1944) is an Australian legal academic and judge, who was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeals division on 22 February 2006. She retired from the bench on 23 August 2014 to become commissioner of the Royal Commission into Family Violence.
The District Court of New Zealand (Māori: Te Kōti ā Rohe) (formerly the district courts before 2016) is the primary court of first instance of New Zealand. There are 59 District Court locations throughout New Zealand (as of 2017). [2] The court hears civil claims of up to $350,000 and most criminal cases. [3]
Saunders & Co was a Christchurch-based law firm that employed legal executive Karen Barr as its Trust Manager from 1993-1999. In 1999, Saunders discovered Barr had over the years embezzled money from their trust accounts, what a Serious Fraud Office investigation stated was in excess of $2.693 million.
Make It 16 was formed out of the New Zealand Youth Parliament in September 2019 to campaign for suffrage to be granted to 16- and 17-year-olds. [8] [9] When the youth-led campaign launched, its co-director Gina Dao-McLay said that "politicians were blocking the voices of 16 and 17-year-olds even though they could work fulltime, consent to sex, drive a car and own guns". [9]
Paul Caneiro speaks to Michael Wicke, deputy assistant public defender, during his arraignment in the murders of his brother and his brother's family, before Judge Joseph W. Oxley at the Monmouth ...
Three appeal judges have concluded James Watson has ‘arguable’ grounds for challenging his conviction. Man convicted of murdering six-year-old Rikki Neave in 1994 prepares for appeal Skip to ...
[2] [3] Before the establishment of the Supreme Court in 2004, the chief justice was the presiding judge in the High Court of New Zealand, and was also ex officio a member of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand. The office is established by the Senior Courts Act 2016, which describes the chief justice as "senior to all other judges". [4]