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The current Supreme Court should not be confused with the High Court of New Zealand, which was known as the Supreme Court until 1980. The High Court, New Zealand’s superior court, was established in 1841 as the “Supreme Court of New Zealand”. Its name was changed in anticipation of the eventual creation of this final court of appeal ...
This is a list of the substantive decisions of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. It is organised in order of the date the case was handed down. It is organised in order of the date the case was handed down.
In 2008, he was appointed a Justice of the High Court of New Zealand. [10] In 2017, he became the first Te Reo Māori speaker appointed to the Court of Appeal. [11] He was appointed to the Supreme Court of New Zealand in May 2019, succeeding William Young. [12] Williams is the first Māori person to be appointed to the Supreme Court. [1] [13]
He remained at Chapman Tripp until his appointment to the bench of the High Court of New Zealand in 2004. In 2013, he was elevated to the Court of Appeal. [4] On 19 December 2023, Miller was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. [3] [5]
A Supreme Court was first established in 1841 [24] followed by various lower courts including District Courts and Magistrates' Courts, with the latter coming into being in 1846. The Court of Appeal was set up in 1862 as the highest court in New Zealand, but consisted of panels of judges from the Supreme Court. [5]
On 13 April 2022, the group's appeal of the Court of Appeal's decision to the Supreme Court was granted leave. [21] Make It 16 co-director Caeden Tipler stated to The New Zealand Herald, "A formal declaration from the Supreme Court would be a powerful message to Parliament that they should fix this breach of our rights". [16]
In 1961, Keith was admitted to the New Zealand Bar, and in 1994 appointed a Queen's Counsel. [5] In 1996 Keith was appointed as a Judge of High Court of New Zealand and the Court of Appeal of New Zealand [6] On 21 May 1998 Keith was appointed to the Privy Council [7] and in 2004 was appointed to the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
There are 18 High Court locations throughout New Zealand, and one stand-alone registry. The High Court was established in 1841. [1] It was originally called the "Supreme Court of New Zealand", but the name was changed in 1980 [2] to make way for the naming of an eventual new Supreme Court of New Zealand. [3]