Within the past 18 months New Zealand’s Supreme Court judges decreed all judges have inherent jurisdiction to suppress the public court record. Concurrently, the powerful […]
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The Supreme Court of New Zealand will not allow public access to applications and submissions to this, our highest court. But why? Consider the recent […]
In another page from the secret court files of New Zealand’s highest court is the cloak and dagger appeal of Rabson v Judicial Conduct Commissioner […]
The most prolific litigant in New Zealand is also the sole appointer of New Zealand judges and his touch is having a profound effect on […]
A judicial review of the Judicial Conduct Commissioner’s refusal to consider the merits of a complaint against five Supreme Court judges subverting due process and […]
When the average leave dismissal judgment of the Supreme Court of New Zealand is less than 4 pages long, something smells funny when a Supreme […]
In the truth is stranger than fiction department, the Supreme Court has secretly nullified section 28 (3) of the Supreme Court Act 2003 which provides […]
People who have been brought up in this system ought to know better. But Gavin Ellis apparently let his journalistic integrity get in the way […]
While New Zealanders are getting their news from the celebrity gossip pages, a disconcerting evolution is occurring behind court doors. The few laws that govern […]