Damon Exley v NZME Publishing Limited and The King - SC 76/2023
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Summary
Criminal Appeal
Result
A Leave to appeal is granted (NZME Publishing Ltd v E [2023] NZCA 258).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to quash the High Court takedown order.
19 October 2023
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A The appeal is allowed.
B The Court of Appeal was not correct to quash the High Court takedown order insofar as it related to the specific URLs identified in the takedown application.
30 July 2025
Date of Hearing
06 August 2024 — 07 August 2024
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, Williams, Kós and Miller JJ
Case Synopses
Related Documents
Substantive judgment — EXLEY v NZME PUBLISHING LIMITED [2025] NZSC 90 [30 July 2025] (PDF 371 KB)
High Court decision — Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision — Not publicly available
Supreme court decision — Pre-trial judgment: E (SC 76/2023) v NZME PUBLISHING LIMITED [2023] NZSC 85 [11 July 2023] (PDF 172 KB)
Leave judgment - leave granted — DAMON EXLEY v NZME PUBLISHING LIMITED [2023] NZSC 136 [19 October 2023] (PDF 190 KB)