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New Zealand: Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal, located in Wellington, is New Zealand’s principal intermediate appellate court. The Court deals with civil and criminal appeals from proceedings heard in the High Court, and indictable criminal proceedings in District Courts. As well, matters appealed to the High Court from a District Court can be taken to the Court of Appeal with leave if they are considered to be of sufficient significance to warrant a second appeal. The Court may, if it grants leave, hear appeals against pre-trial rulings in criminal cases. Finally, the Court hears appeals on questions of law from the Employment Court. Website: www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/about/appeal/history
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Elliott v. R

14 December 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants - Immigration law - Migrants | Countries: New Zealand

X (CA746/2009) v. R

18 November 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - False documents - Illegal entry - Immigration law - Passports | Countries: New Zealand - Syrian Arab Republic

Osman v R

19 May 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Immigration law - Refugees | Countries: New Zealand

R v. Vhavha

14 December 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Immigration Detention - Immigration law - Passports | Countries: New Zealand - Zimbabwe

X v. Refugee Status Appeals Authority; Attorney-General (Minister of Immigration) v. Y

X appeals against the High Court’s refusal to grant judicial review (X & Y v. Refugee Status Appeals Authority, CIV-2006-404-4213) of the RSAA's decision in relation to him (Refugee Appeal Nos. 74796 & 74797, 74796 & 74797). The Attorney-General cross-appeals against the High Court's grant of judicial review to Y and its remittal of her case back to the RSAA for a reconsideration of her refugee status.

20 October 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses - Persecution based on political opinion - Serious non-political crime - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

MA v. Attorney General

20 October 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Confidentiality - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Legal representation / Legal aid - Refugees - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand

Singh and Ors v. Minister of Immigration and Anor

3 March 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life - Visas | Countries: India - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

R v. Hassan

1 October 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - False documents | Countries: New Zealand

Huang and Anor v. Minister of Immigration and Anor

The hearing of the appeal was deferred pending the delivery of judgment in Ye v Minister of Immigration [2008] NZCA 291.

19 September 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Deportation / Forcible return - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - One-child policy / Family planning - Rejected asylum-seekers - Suspensive effect | Countries: China - New Zealand

Chief Executive of the Department of Labour v. Yadegary and District Court at Auckland

13 August 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Passports - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

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