SCNZ

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abbreviation apex court court final court of appeal

SCNZ is the commonly used abbreviation for the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the country’s highest appellate court.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abbreviation → apex court → court → final court of appeal →
branchOf	judiciary of New Zealand →
buildingLocatedIn	Wellington →
buildingName	Supreme Court of New Zealand building →
cameIntoOperation	1 January 2004 →
canSitAs	full bench →
composition	Chief Justice of New Zealand → other Supreme Court judges →
country	New Zealand →
courtType	appellate court →
createdBy	New Zealand Parliament →
currentChiefJustice	Dame Helen Winkelmann →
decisionsAre	binding on all lower New Zealand courts →
establishedBy	Supreme Court Act 2003 →
establishedInYear	2004 →
hasChiefJudgeTitle	Chief Justice of New Zealand →
hearsAppealsFrom	Court of Appeal of New Zealand → High Court of New Zealand →
highestCourtIn	New Zealand →
jurisdiction	New Zealand →
languageOfProceedings	English →
legalSystem	common law →
locatedIn	Wellington →
maximumNumberOfJudges	6 →
partOf	court system of New Zealand →
predecessorAsFinalAppeal	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council →
primaryFunction	hearing appeals on points of law of general or public importance →
refersTo	Supreme Court of New Zealand →
replaced	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (as New Zealand’s final court of appeal) →
seat	Wellington →
standsFor	Supreme Court of New Zealand →
website	https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/courts/supreme-court →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Supreme Court of New Zealand →	abbreviation