Livestream 6 August 2026 - SC 166/2025

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Livestream 6 August 2026

Hearing | 6 August 2026

Thursday 6 August 2026 at 10:00am

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    Summary

    Civil Appeal 

    Result

    A Leave to appeal is granted in part (Wu v Liu [2025] NZCA 560).
    B The approved questions are:
     (a) whether the Court of Appeal erred in determining that a July 2018 deed found to be entered into by the parties as a result of unlawful threats made by the applicant against the respondent was illegal and void, rather than voidable on the basis that it was entered into under duress; and
     (b)    whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to determine that, had the deed’s validity properly been assessed on the basis that it was voidable for duress and not void for illegality, the deed was affirmed by the respondent, as the High Court had found.
    C The application for leave to appeal is otherwise dismissed.
    14 April 2026

    Date of Hearing

    06 August 2026

    Judges

    Winkelmann CJ, Ellen France, Williams, Kós and Campbell JJ

    Case Synopses

    Related Documents

    High Court decision — WU v LIU [2024] NZHC 2903 [7 October 2024]

    Court of Appeal decision — WU v LIU [2025] NZCA 560 [22 October 2025]

    Leave judgment - leave granted — LIU v WU [2026] NZSC 28 [14 April 2026] (PDF 140 KB)

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