Protocols: What courts are doing during the COVID - 19 Protection Framework

Current protocols

recent update: 26 April 2022 Updated High Court and District Court Protocols, along with revised Jury Trial Protocol and Jury Trial Bubble Guidelines operational from 26 April  

Supreme Court

Court of Appeal

High Court

Senior Courts Remote Hearings Protocol

High Court Protocol: Persons in Isolation and Quarantine

High Court and District Court Jury Trial Bubble Guidelines applicable from 26 April 2022

Protocol concerning High Court and District Court Jury Trials applicable from 26 April 2022

District Court

(including Family Court and Youth Court)

District Court Protocol: Persons in Isolation and Quarantine

Family Court Protocol: Adoption of New Zealand Surrogate Babies Born Overseas

Employment Court

Māori Land Court

Waitangi Tribunal

Environment Court

Coroners Court

Court Martial and Summary Appeal Court

Past protocols

All benches : Archived cross-level boundary travel (2nd edition - Traffic Light System)

Links on current protocol pages contain information issued by each court about how they operated under previous COVID-19 alert levels.