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Upcoming cases - Supreme Court
As at 16 October 2019
Sittings of the Supreme Court are open to the public.
Upcoming fixtures are set out below:
October fixtures list (pdf, 193 KB)
November fixtures list (pdf, 164 KB)
OCTOBER
21 October
| Case number | SC 50/2019 |
|---|---|
| Case name |
Stonehill Trustee Limited v New Zealand Industrial Park LimitedYe Qing A R Galbraith QC and D T Broadmore
Civil Leave Hearing |
| Judges | Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, O'Regan |
| Case Summary | Civil – Property Law Act 2007, s 317 – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in allowing the appeal and declining to modify covenants burdening land owned by the appellant. |
| Court of Appeal decision | NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIAL PARK LTD v STONEHILL TRUSTEE LTD [2019] NZCA 147 [9 May 2019] |
| High Court Decision |
STONEHILL TRUSTEE LIMITED v NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIAL PARK LIMITED [2018] NZHC 3436 [20 December 2018] STONEHILL TRUSTEE LIMITED v NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIAL PARK LIMITED [2018] NZHC 2938 [13 November 2018] |
30 October
| Case number | SC 31/2019 |
|---|---|
| Case name | Kalana Yasassri Dayaratne J D Munro and J N Olsen
v New Zealand PoliceA M Powell and H M L Farquhar
Criminal Appeal |
| Judges | Winkelmann CJ, William Young ,Glazebrook, O'Regan and Ellen France JJ |
| Case Summary | Criminal Appeal – Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Act 2016, s 9 – Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 9 –Whether the Court of Appeal erred in dismissing the appeal against the order that the applicant be placed on the child sex offender register. |
| Grounds on which leave was granted | The approved question is whether and, if so, how the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 has to be taken into account in decisions under s 9 of the Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Act 2016. |
| Supreme Court leave application decision | KALANA YASASSRI DAYARATNE v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2019] NZSC 58 [21 June 2019] |
| Court of Appeal decision | DAYARATNE v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2019] NZCA 30 [5 March 2019] |
NOVEMBER
13 November
| Case name |
SC 17/2019 Brooke Christie Rolleston v M J Lillico and K L Kensington
SC 18/2019 Brandon James Roche v The Queen Criminal Appeal |
|---|---|
| Judges | Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, O’Regan, Ellen France , Williams JJ |
| Case Summary | Criminal Appeal – Whether a member of the jury appeared biased – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in dismissing the appeal against conviction. |
| Grounds on which leave was granted | The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the conviction appeals. |
| Supreme Court leave application decision | BROOKE CHRISTIE ROLLESTON v R [2019] NZSC 32 [21 March 2019] |
| Court of Appeal decision | ROLLESTON & ROCHE v R [2018] NZCA 611 [19 December 2018] |
14 November
| Case number | SC 49/2019 |
|---|---|
| Case name |
Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis v The QueenU R Jagose QC, K S Grau and A D H Colley
Hearing to determine whether there is jurisdiction for appeal to proceed |
| Judges | Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, O'Regan, Williams and Arnold JJ |
| Case Summary |
Criminal Appeal – Whether there was a miscarriage of justice arising from risks of contamination of or improperly obtained complainant evidence - Whether there was a miscarriage of justice arising from lack of expert evidence on the reliability of children complainants’ evidence – Whether there was a miscarriage of justice due to unreliable expert evidence being led at trial. |
| Grounds |
The approved ground of appeal is whether a miscarriage of justice occurred in this case. |
| Supreme Court leave application decision |
DECEMBER
4 December
| Case number | SC 57/2019 |
|---|---|
| Case name | Minister of Justice of New Zealand and Attorney General of New Zealand v Kyung Yup Kim |
| Judges | William Young, Glazebrook, O'Regan, Ellen France and French JJ |
FEBRUARY 2020
20 February 2020
| Case number | SC 32/2019 |
|---|---|
| Case name | International Consolidated Business Pty Limited v S C Johnson & Son Inc |