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Upcoming cases - Supreme Court

As at 17 January 2019

Sittings of the Supreme Court are open to the public.

Upcoming fixtures are set out below:

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Feb 2019 (pdf, 342 KB)

Information is added as it becomes available.

FEBRUARY 2019

Case number	SC 60/2018
Case name	Yusuke (David) Sena D P H Jones QC v The Queen M J Lillico Criminal Appeal
Hearing date	13 and 14 February 2019
Judges	William Young, Glazebrook, O'Regan, Ellen France and Winkelmann JJ
Case summary	Criminal Appeal – Criminal Procedure Act 2011, s 232(2)(b) – Judge-alone trial –Whether the High Court Judge applied the right standard of review to the applicant’s appeal against conviction. case summary
Grounds on which leave was granted	The approved ground of appeal is whether the High Court was correct to dismiss Mr Sena’s appeal against conviction brought under s 232(2)(b) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.
Supreme Court leave application decision	YUSUKE (DAVID) SENA v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2018] NZSC 92 [10 October 2018]
High Court decision/ District Court decision	not available


Case number	SC 87/2018
Case Name	Robt Jones Holdings Limited D G Chesterman v Anthony John McCullagh and Stephen Mark Lawrence liquidators of Northern Crest Investments Limited B P Keene QC and L M Van Civil Appeal
Hearing date	21 February 2019
Judges	Glazebrook, O'Regan, Ellen France, Arnold, and Kós JJ
Case summary	Civil Appeal – Companies Act 1993, s 292 – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that there is no requirement in s 292 that a voidable transaction diminish the pool of assets available to creditors. case summary
Grounds on which leave was granted	The approved question is whether the payments totalling $262,758.05 made to the applicant by MSH No 2 Pty Ltd on behalf of Northern Crest Investments Ltd were insolvent transactions as defined in s 292 of the Companies Act 1993.
Supreme Court leave decision	ROBT JONES HOLDINGS LIMITED v McCULLAGH [2018] NZSC 120 [6 December 2018]
Court of Appeal decision	ROBT. JONES HOLDINGS LIMITED v MCCULLAGH [2018] NZCA 358 [10 September 2018]
High Court decision	MCCULLAGH v ROBT JONES HOLDINGS LIMITED [2017] NZHC 2182 [8 September 2017]

MARCH 2019

Case number	SC 86/2018 case summary
Case Name	Shark Experience Limited v Pauamac5 Incorporated, Director-General of Conservation and Shark Dive New Zealand Limited

Date of Hearing, judges	26 March 2019, Winkelmann CJ, William Young, Glazebrook, O'Regan and Ellen France JJ