High Court (New Zealand)

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The High Court is New Zealand's supreme civil and criminal court .

Role and structure of the court

The Judicature Act of 1908 divided the courts in New Zealand into lower and higher courts. The High Court was one of the higher courts. Its decisions are binding on the subordinate courts, such as the District Courts , the Youth Courts , the Family Courts , the Māori Land Court (court on questions from Māori Land) and also the Waitangi Tribunal , for them, the court is the court of appeal. Appointment procedure of other courts, such as the Employment Court (Labor Court), the Martial Appeals Court (military court), the Māori Appellate Court ( Māori Court of Appeal) and heavy crimes committed by the District Courts , however, have decided to go directly to the Court of Appeal ( Court of Appeal).

Justices of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal are judges who serve in the High Court . The High Court is a national court that has permanent seats in Wellington , Auckland and Christchurch . If necessary, court sessions are held in other parts of the country.

history

The High Court was established under the name Supreme Court in December 1841 and heard its first case in January of the following year under the chairmanship of Chief Justice William Martin . The court was based on the English common law legal system . To be appointed as a judge in the Supreme Court , one had to have practiced as a lawyer or attorney in court in the United Kingdom or as an attorney before the then Supreme Court in New Zealand for at least seven years .

The Judicature Act of 1908 reduced the influence of British law in New Zealand and redefined the role of the then Supreme Court . In 1980 the Supreme Court was renamed " High Court ". The name " Supreme Court " was thus free in 2004 for today's supreme court in New Zealand.

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