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Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand

UN Cases and Reports

UN Cases under UNHRC, UNCAT and UNWGAD and Reports

UN Cases and Reports

Tony is the only New Zealand lawyer with a regular UN Human Rights Committee practice. Cases can not be taken to the UNHRC until all domestic remedies have been exhausted ie all appeals including leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Tony to date has the only three successful cases to the UNHRC since they were able to be lodged in 1989 and one successful case to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and one successful case to the UN Committee Against Torture.



S S T v NZ Police
Supreme Court 
  • 26 February 2013
[2013] NZSC 4; [2013] 2 NZLR 478
Taunoa v Attorney-General
Supreme Court 
  • 31 August 2007
[2007] NZSC 70, [2007] 5 LRC 680; [2008] 1 NZLR 429; (2007) 9 HRNZ 104
Taito v R
New Zealand Appeals to the Privy Council 
  • 19 March 2002
[2002] NZPC 4; [2002] UKPC 15; [2003] 3 NZLR 577; (2002) 19 CRNZ 224; (2002) 6 HRNZ 539
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Tony Ellis … admits he thrives on complex human rights battles for much-maligned folk: DEIDRE MUSSEN

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Tony will accept cases in the following areas in the High Court or above: