Court of Appeal (New Zealand)
The Court of Appeal is a New Zealand court of appeal. It is based in Wellington .
Role and structure of the court
The court has jurisdiction over civil and criminal appeals that have been finalized in the High Court and appeals on serious crimes that have been dealt with in district courts. The Court of Appeal has an important role in developing legal principles in the country and overseeing the case law of the High Court through appeal processes .
The court consists of the president and eight other judges. All judges of the Court of Appeal are in rank above those of the High Court , with the exception of their presiding judge and the judges of the Supreme Court . The President of the Court of Appeal ranks above its eight judges.
history
The Court of Appeal has existed since 1862. Before that time, appeals proceedings by the then Supreme Court were heard before the Privy Council in London due to the lack of adequately qualified judges in the New Zealand colony . To pursue an appeal procedure under these conditions, however, exceeded the financial means of most of the people in the colony at the time.
After the Court of Appeal was established , the Supreme Court justices were rotated to pending appeals. Over the years, this has led to increased workload among the judges and more frequent difficulties for the judges to work for the appeals court. In 1957, a permanent Court of Appeal with specially appointed appellate judges was established in Wellington .
On July 1, 2011, the wearing of robes was abolished in the Court of Appeal .
Web links
- Court of Appeal - History and role . Courts of New Zealand,accessed April 5, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ^ Announcements - Judges of the Court of Appeal no longer wearing gowns . (PDF 16 kB) Courts of New Zealand , June 28, 2011, archived from the original on February 7, 2013 ; accessed on April 5, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
Coordinates: 41 ° 16 ′ 38 " S , 174 ° 46 ′ 41.3" E