Supreme Court Judgments

2021

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Cody Huritu v New Zealand Police
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[2021] NZSC 126
Date of Judgment
24 September 2021
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Philip Dean Taueki V New Zealand Police
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[2021] NZSC 125
Date of Judgment
23 September 2021
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Poutama Kaitiaki Charitable Trust and D and T Pascoe v Taranaki Regional Council
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[2021] NZSC 124
Date of Judgment
23 September 2021
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Easton v Registrar of the High Court of New Zealand
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[2021] NZSC 123
Date of Judgment
22 September 2021
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Peter William Mawhinney v Auckland Council
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[2021] NZSC 122
Date of Judgment
21 September 2021
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Antony Ivo Arnerich v DHC Assets Limited
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[2021] NZSC 121
Date of Judgment
20 September 2021
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Vincent Ross Siemer v Auckland High Court
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[2021] NZSC 120
Date of Judgment
20 September 2021
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M (SC 82/2020) v Attorney-General (in respect of the Ministry of Health)
Case number
[2021] NZSC 118
Date of Judgment
17 September 2021
Media Release
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Vincent Jacob Middeldorp v Avondale Jockey Club Incorporated
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[2021] NZSC 117
Date of Judgment
17 September 2021
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Benny Miles Muraahi v R
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[2021] NZSC 116
Date of Judgment
13 September 2021
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Pauline Janice Harrison v Adrienne Harrison and Graeme Ross Harrison
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[2021] NZSC 115
Date of Judgment
13 September 2021
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Mark Anthony Whittington v UDC Finance Limited
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[2021] NZSC 113
Date of Judgment
10 September 2021
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Trevor James Murray v West Coast Holdings Limited
Case number
[2021] NZSC 114
Date of Judgment
09 September 2021
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Colin Graeme Craig v Rachel Joy MacGregor
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[2021] NZSC 112
Date of Judgment
09 September 2021
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Vincent Ross Siemer
Case number
[2021] NZSC 111
Date of Judgment
09 September 2021
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Richard Ciliang Yan v Mainzeal Property and Construction Ltd (in liquidation)
Case number
[2021] NZSC 109
Date of Judgment
06 September 2021
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Melco Property Holdings (NZ) 2012 Limited v Anthony John Hall
Case number
[2021] NZSC 108
Date of Judgment
03 September 2021
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Sharma v Wati
Case number
[2021] NZSC 107
Date of Judgment
30 August 2021
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Mark Anthony Whittington v UDC Finance Ltd
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[2021] NZSC 106
Date of Judgment
27 August 2021
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B (SC 74/2021) v ALA
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[2021] NZSC 105
Date of Judgment
27 August 2021
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Vivien Judith Madsen-Ries and Henry David Levin as Liquidators of Debut Homes Limited (in liquidation) v Leonard Wayne Cooper
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[2021] NZSC 104
Date of Judgment
24 August 2021
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David Stanley Tranter v R
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[2021] NZSC 103
Date of Judgment
20 August 2021
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FMV v TZB
Case number
[2021] NZSC 102
Date of Judgment
20 August 2021
Media Release
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Ahmed Alkazaz v Enterprise IT Limited
Case number
[2021] NZSC 101
Date of Judgment
16 August 2021
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Newlands v Nelson City Council
Case number
[2021] NZSC 100
Date of Judgment
12 August 2021
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Darryn Michael Horton v R
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[2021] NZSC 99
Date of Judgment
12 August 2021
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Houghton v Saunders & Ors
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[2021] NZSC 98
Date of Judgment
12 August 2021
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Gill Pizza Limited v A Labour Inspector (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment)
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[2021] NZSC 97
Date of Judgment
12 August 2021
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D (SC 83/2021) v High Court Auckland
Case number
[2021] NZSC 96
Date of Judgment
09 August 2021
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Malcolm Bruce Moncrief-Spittle v Regional Facilities Auckland Limited
Case number
[2021] NZSC 94
Date of Judgment
05 August 2021
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David Richard Parker
Case number
[2021] NZSC 93
Date of Judgment
29 July 2021
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Houghton v Saunders
Case number
[2021] NZSC 92
Date of Judgment
28 July 2021
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Taiming Zhang v District Court at Wellington
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[2021] NZSC 91
Date of Judgment
26 July 2021
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Foster v R (reissued)
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[2021] NZSC 90
Date of Judgment
19 July 2021
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Rihari Chance Matthew Biddle v R
Case number
[2021] NZSC 89
Date of Judgment
19 July 2021
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Te Warena Taua v Tahi Enterprises Limited
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[2021] NZSC 88
Date of Judgment
15 July 2021
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re-issued: Poutama Kaitiaki Charitable Trust and D & T Pascoe v Taranaki Regional Council
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[2021] NZSC 87
Date of Judgment
15 July 2021
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John Alfred Dowden v Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Case number
[2021] NZSC 86
Date of Judgment
15 July 2021
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Bathurst Resources Limited v L & M Coal Holdings Limited
Case number
[2021] NZSC 85
Date of Judgment
14 July 2021
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Chesterfields Preschools Limited (in liquidation) v Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Case number
[2021] NZSC 83
Date of Judgment
12 July 2021
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Seng Bou (Paul) Keung v Official Assignee
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[2021] NZSC 81
Date of Judgment
07 July 2021
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Rhys Richard Ngahiwi Warren v R
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[2021] NZSC 79
Date of Judgment
05 July 2021
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Kathryn Lee Cullum
Case number
[2021] NZSC 80
Date of Judgment
02 July 2021
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Maninder Singh v New Zealand Police
Case number
[2021] NZSC 78
Date of Judgment
02 July 2021
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Houghton v Saunders & Ors (Recall)
Case number
[2021] NZSC 76
Date of Judgment
02 July 2021
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Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis v R
Case number
[2021] NZSC 77
Date of Judgment
01 July 2021
Media Release
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A Lawyer v New Zealand Law Society
Case number
[2021] NZSC 75
Date of Judgment
30 June 2021
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Jesse Shane Kempson v R
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[2021] NZSC 74
Date of Judgment
29 June 2021
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Vincent Ross Siemer
Case number
[2021] NZSC 72
Date of Judgment
25 June 2021
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Dromgool v Minister for Land Information
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[2021] NZSC 71
Date of Judgment
24 June 2021
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Peter Francis Joseph Little v Debrah Leanne Little
Case number
[2021] NZSC 70
Date of Judgment
24 June 2021
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Taiming Zhang v District Court at Wellington
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[2021] NZSC 69
Date of Judgment
23 June 2021
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Mark Anthony Mckinney v New Zealand Police
Case number
[2021] NZSC 68
Date of Judgment
21 June 2021
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Razdan Rafiq v Attorney-General
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[2021] NZSC 65
Date of Judgment
16 June 2021
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John Goodwin Smith v Electrix Limited
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[2021] NZSC 64
Date of Judgment
16 June 2021
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Leslie Norman Austin v Roche Products (New Zealand) Limited
Case number
[2021] NZSC 62
Date of Judgment
16 June 2021
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Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis v R
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[2021] NZSC 63
Date of Judgment
15 June 2021
Media Release
Media Release (PDF, 279 KB)
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Kathryn Lee Cullum
Case number
[2021] NZSC 61
Date of Judgment
11 June 2021
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Ahmed Alkazaz v Enterprise IT Limited
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[2021] NZSC 59
Date of Judgment
11 June 2021
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Ian Bruce Hyndman v Robert Bruce Walker
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[2021] NZSC 58
Date of Judgment
09 June 2021
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Minister of Justice v Kyung Yup Kim
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[2021] NZSC 57
Date of Judgment
04 June 2021
Media Release
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Trevor James Murray v West Coast Holdings Limited
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[2021] NZSC 55
Date of Judgment
03 June 2021
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Lambie Trustee Limited v Prudence Anne Addleman
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[2021] NZSC 54
Date of Judgment
01 June 2021
Media Release
Media Release (PDF, 401 KB)
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Liansen Mao v Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (New Zealand) Limited
Case number
[2021] NZSC 53
Date of Judgment
31 May 2021
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Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated v New Zealand Transport Agency
Case number
[2021] NZSC 52
Date of Judgment
28 May 2021
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P (SC 46/2021) v Commissioner of Inland Revenue
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[2021] NZSC 51
Date of Judgment
28 May 2021
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Vincent Ross Siemer
Case number
[2021] NZSC 50
Date of Judgment
28 May 2021
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Helilogging Limited (in receivership and in liquidation) v Civil Aviation Authority
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[2021] NZSC 49
Date of Judgment
27 May 2021
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Pihi Hei v R
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[2021] NZSC 48
Date of Judgment
24 May 2021
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Robert Frank Terry v New Zealand Police
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[2021] NZSC 47
Date of Judgment
24 May 2021
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Phillip Barnes v New Zealand Police
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[2021] NZSC 46
Date of Judgment
24 May 2021
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Yingqiu Zhang v Westpac New Zealand Ltd
Case number
[2021] NZSC 45
Date of Judgment
21 May 2021
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SKP Incorporated v Auckland Council
Case number
[2021] NZSC 44
Date of Judgment
19 May 2021
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Donglin Deng v Lu Zheng
Case number
[2021] NZSC 43
Date of Judgment
14 May 2021
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Katharine Elizabeth Preston v Grant Lee Preston
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[2021] NZSC 42
Date of Judgment
12 May 2021
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Georgina Rachelle v Timothy Cadogan
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[2021] NZSC 41
Date of Judgment
11 May 2021
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Steven Robertson v R
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[2021] NZSC 40
Date of Judgment
10 May 2021
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Tourism Holdings Ltd v A Labour Inspector of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Case number
[2021] NZSC 39
Date of Judgment
06 May 2021
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Houghton v Saunders & Ors
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[2021] NZSC 38
Date of Judgment
06 May 2021
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SKP Incorporated v Auckland Council (Recall)
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[2021] NZSC 37
Date of Judgment
05 May 2021
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Kim Dotcom v United States of America
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[2021] NZSC 36
Date of Judgment
04 May 2021
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SKP Incorporated v Auckland Council (Reissued judgment)
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[2021] NZSC 35
Date of Judgment
27 April 2021
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Phillip John Smith v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections
Case number
[2021] NZSC 34
Date of Judgment
21 April 2021
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Qiufen Lu v Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (New Zealand) Limited
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[2021] NZSC 33
Date of Judgment
15 April 2021
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Douglas Roy Andrews v R
Case number
[2021] NZSC 32
Date of Judgment
07 April 2021
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Pou v R
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[2021] NZSC 31
Date of Judgment
31 March 2021
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Leslie Norman Austin v Roche Products (New Zealand) Limited
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[2021] NZSC 30
Date of Judgment
31 March 2021
Media Release
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Fei He v R
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[2021] NZSC 29
Date of Judgment
25 March 2021
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H (SC 104/2020) v Minister of Immigration
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[2021] NZSC 28
Date of Judgment
19 March 2021
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Jeremy James McGuire v Secretary for Justice
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[2021] NZSC 27
Date of Judgment
18 March 2021
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Fisilau Tapaevalu v R
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[2021] NZSC 26
Date of Judgment
18 March 2021
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Mesui Tufui v R
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[2021] NZSC 25
Date of Judgment
18 March 2021
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An Li Tao v Strata Title Administration Ltd
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[2021] NZSC 24
Date of Judgment
17 March 2021
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An Li Tao v Strata Title Administration Ltd
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[2021] NZSC 23
Date of Judgment
17 March 2021
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ESR Group (NZ) Ltd v Ian James Burden and Ors
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[2021] NZSC 22
Date of Judgment
11 March 2021
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Garry Nancarrow v R
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[2021] NZSC 21
Date of Judgment
11 March 2021
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Joseph Parker v The Queen
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[2021] NZSC 20
Date of Judgment
11 March 2021
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Yan Zhang v Telco Asset Management Limited
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[2021] NZSC 19
Date of Judgment
09 March 2021
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Peter Richard Prescott v New Zealand Police
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[2021] NZSC 18
Date of Judgment
05 March 2021
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Vincent Ross Siemer v Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand
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[2021] NZSC 17
Date of Judgment
04 March 2021
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Peter Gerard Stockman v Health and Disability Commissioner
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[2021] NZSC 16
Date of Judgment
03 March 2021
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M (SC 82/2020) v Attorney-General (In respect of the Ministry of Health)
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[2021] NZSC 15
Date of Judgment
03 March 2021
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BPE Trustees (No 1) Limited v Roy Bassett-Burr
Case number
[2021] NZSC 14
Date of Judgment
01 March 2021
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Leticia Margaret Drake v Commissioner of Police
Case number
[2021] NZSC 13
Date of Judgment
01 March 2021
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Vincent Ross Siemer
Case number
[2021] NZSC 12
Date of Judgment
01 March 2021
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Singh v R
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[2021] NZSC 10
Date of Judgment
24 February 2021
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Mathias Ortmann v United States of America
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[2021] NZSC 9
Date of Judgment
22 February 2021
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George Tama Nicholls v Mark Steven Nicholls, Airini Pirihira Tukerangi, Delace William James, Kahutoroa Mataia Tukerangi, Viv Tama Nicholls, Anita Mari Norman and Sarah Jane Nicholls as trustees of the Ahu Whenua Trust known as the W T Nicholls Trust
Case number
[2021] NZSC 8
Date of Judgment
19 February 2021
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Rajendra Prasad v Indiana Publications (NZ) Ltd
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[2021] NZSC 6
Date of Judgment
16 February 2021
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John Charles Stringer v Colin Graeme Craig
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[2021] NZSC 5
Date of Judgment
16 February 2021
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Vincent Ross Siemer v Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand
Case number
[2021] NZSC 3
Date of Judgment
11 February 2021
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D (SC 31/2019) v New Zealand Police
Case number
[2021] NZSC 2
Date of Judgment
09 February 2021
Media Release
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D (SC 31/2019) v New Zealand Police
Case number
[2021] NZSC 1
Date of Judgment
09 February 2021