BW (SC 22/2025) v Commonwealth of Australia - SC 22/2025
Summary
Criminal Appeal
Result
A Leave to appeal is granted (Commonwealth of Australia v BW [2025] NZCA 8).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to allow the appeal and find that the High Court erred in law when it concluded it would be oppressive to extradite BW to Australia.
16 June 2025
Date of Hearing
04 November 2025
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, Ellen France, Williams and Miller JJ
Case Synopses
Submissions from counsel
- Hearing date 4 November 2025 Appellant submissions (PDF 1.4 MB)
- Hearing date 4 November 2025 Respondent submissions (PDF 1.3 MB)
Related Documents
Court of Appeal decision — Not publicly available
High Court decision — BW v THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA [2023] NZHC 1587 [23 June 2023]
Leave judgment - leave granted — BW (SC 22/2025) v COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA [2025] NZSC 66 [16 June 2025] (PDF 138 KB)