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Court of Appeal
Courts of 5 Judges
R v Coghill - [1995] 3 NZLR 651
Undue delay and whether Stay of proceedings should be issued
R v Leitch - [1998] 1 NZLR 420, (1998) 16 CRNZ 162
Preventive detention review of sentencing policy
R v N - [1999] 1 NZLR 713, (1999) 16 CRNZ 415
Citizen's arrest
Moonen v Film and Literature Board of Review - [2000] 2 NZLR 9, (1999) 17 CRNZ 159
Objectionable material and how to read meaning consistently with NZBORA
R v Thompson - [2001] 1 NZLR 129, (2000) 18 CRNZ 401
Drug search warrants and admissibility of evidence
Bennett v Superintendent Rimutaka Prison - [2002] 1 NZLR 616, [2001] NZAR 240 2 November 2000
Bennett v Superintendent, Rimutaka Prison (No 2); Karaitiana v Superintendent, Wellington Prison - [2002] 1 NZLR 685, [2002] NZAR 70 24 October 2001
Habeas Corpus and Judicial Review
Everitt v Attorney-General - [2002] 1 NZLR 82
Strip search of Bicycle Courier
Moonen v Film and Literature Board of Review - [2002] 2 NZLR 754
NZBORA and Indecent Publications
R v D - [2003] 1 NZLR 41, (2002) 19 CRNZ 77
Is Sentence of preventive detention arbitrary and psychologist evidence privileged or not?
R v Dean - [2005] 2 NZLR 323, (2004) 21 CRNZ 77
Search of Criminal Appeal Sheet
R v Dean CA172/03, 17 December 2004
Preventive Detention Appeal (see notable cases Dean v New Zealand)
Belcher v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections - [2007] 1 NZLR 507, (2006) 22 CRNZ 787
Extended Supervision Order and Constitutional Law - Declaration of Inconsistency sought
Courts of 3 Judges
1994
R v Coghill - [1995] 1 NZLR 675
Search warrant validity and chain of evidence
1996
Nicholls v Masterton District Court - [1996] 2 NZLR 156
Mesurement of distance to nearest committal court
R v Pearson - [1996] 3 NZLR 275, (1996) 14 CRNZ 282
Juries knowledge of persons mentioned in evidence
1997
R v Accused (1998) 15 CRNZ 460
1998
R v L - [1998] 2 NZLR 141
Fitness to stand trial pathological liar
Nicholls v Registrar of the Court of Appeal - [1998] 2 NZLR 385
Legal Aid whether Judges of the Court of Appeal interfered with Registrars' powers
Nicholls v Registrar of the Court of Appeal - (1998) 16 CRNZ 111, 12 PRNZ 218
Leave to appeal to the Privy Council
1999
New Zealand Van Lines Ltd v Gray - [1999] 2 NZLR 397
Powers of the Employment Tribunal
R v Jefferies - [1999] 3 NZLR 211
Failure to give reasons by Justices of the Peace
Gibson v Attorney-General (1999) 13 PRNZ 12
Name suppression malicious prosecution
R v Jefferies - (1999) 17 CRNZ 128
Traffic offence and reasons
2000
R v Barton - [2000] 2 NZLR 459, (2000) 17 CRNZ 402
Home detention sentence appeal, miscarriage of justice conviction appeal
R v Burns (Travis) - [2002] 1 NZLR 387
Murder Appeal
Living Word Distributors Ltd v Human Rights Action Group Inc (Wellington) - [2000] 3 NZLR 570
Gay Rights and objectionable material
R v Whareumu - [2001] 1 NZLR 655
Police questioning not brought before a court but questioned for 7 hours breach of NZBORA
2001
Hunia v Parole Board - [2001] 3 NZLR 353, [2001] NZAR 827, (2001) 15 PRNZ 655
Habeas Corpus Prisoner
McVeagh v Attorney-General - [2002] 1 NZLR 808
Habeas Corpus Prisoner
2002
Attorney-General v Beggs - [2002] NZAR 917
Right to Freedom of Expression and Assembly
Bennett v Superintendent, Rimutaka Prison (no 3) - [2002] NZAR 168
Conditional leave to Privy Council sought for Habeus Corpus, unlawfulness of Privy Council Rules 1910
2003
R v Smith - [2003] 3 NZLR 617
see Notable Cases
2004
Clark v Attorney-General (No 1) - [2005] NZAR 481 2 December 2004
Clark v Attorney-General (No 2) - [2005] NZAR 495 9 December 2004, (2004) 17 PRNZ 554
Prisoners Rights and the Right to Investigation (assult by prison officer alleged by prisoner)
Manuel v Superintendent of Hawkes Bay Regional Prison - [2005] 1 NZLR 161
Habeas Corpus
2005
Link Technology 2000 Ltd v Attorney-General - [2006] 1 NZLR 1, (2005) 17 PRNZ 465
Constitutional Law New Zealand Bill of Rights Act and Compensation on Summary Judgement
Manuel v Superintendent, Hawkes Bay Regional Prison - [2006] 2 NZLR 63, (2005) 22 CRNZ 331
Habeas Corpus
R v Te Kahu - [2006] 1 NZLR 459
Constitutional Law Acting High Court Judges and Interception Warrants
Attorney-General v Taunoa - [2006] 2 NZLR 457
Prisoners Rights inhumane treatment
2006
R v Manawatu - (2006) 23 CRNZ 833
Sestan v Director of Area Mental Health Services, Waitemata District Health Board - [2007] 1 NZLR 767
Habeas Corpus Psychiatric Patient
Sestan v New Zealand awaiting decision of UN Human Rights Committee
2007
T v Regional Intellectual Care Agency - [2007] NZAR 643
Habeas Corpus Intellectually Disabled Person
2008
Chatha v The Queen SC 8/2009 and [2008] NZCA 427
s30 Sentencing Act, recusal applications
Communication to be lodged with UN Human Rights Committee
2009
Mailley v General Manager Auckland Central Remand Prison [2009] NZAR 649
Habeus Corpus
McDonnell v Chief Executive Department of Corrections 8 HRNZ 770, [2009] NZCA 352
Extended supervision and declaration of inconsistency
Unreported Judgements
R v T [2009] CA 695/08
Retrial granted for intellectually disabled person
2010
Smith v Attorney-General [2010] NZCA 336
Informed consent for psychopathy tests and prison security classifications, non-random selection of judges and bias
Ruka v R [2010] CA 456
Bail for intellectually disabled person appealing conviction granted
Miller and Carroll v Attorney General and the NZ Parole Board [2010] NZCA 600
8 December 2010 here
2011
The Queen v Shane Ellis [2011] NZCA 90
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