Court of Appeal of New Zealand

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appellate court court of record intermediate appellate court

The Court of Appeal of New Zealand is an intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts and tribunals, sitting below the Supreme Court in the country's judicial hierarchy.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
New Zealand Court of Appeal	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court of record ⓘ intermediate appellate court ⓘ
bindingOn	District Court of New Zealand ⓘ High Court of New Zealand ⓘ most New Zealand tribunals ⓘ
canIssue	binding precedents for lower New Zealand courts ⓘ
canSitAs	divisional court ⓘ full court ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
emblem	Coat of arms of New Zealand ⓘ surface form: Coat of arms of New Zealand (used in court insignia)
establishedBy	New Zealand Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of New Zealand
finalCourtOfAppealFor	most civil and criminal cases not proceeding to the Supreme Court ⓘ
governedBy	Senior Courts Act 2016 ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ Te Reo Māori ⓘ surface form: Māori
hasPosition	Judge of the Court of Appeal ⓘ President of the Court of Appeal ⓘ
hasTypeOfCase	appeals on points of law ⓘ appeals on questions of fact in some circumstances ⓘ
hasWebsite	official website of the New Zealand Court of Appeal ⓘ
headedBy	President of the Court of Appeal ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	Employment Court of New Zealand ⓘ surface form: Employment Court of New Zealand in some matters Family Court of New Zealand in some matters ⓘ High Court of New Zealand in its appellate jurisdiction in some cases ⓘ High Court of New Zealand ⓘ surface form: High Court of New Zealand in its original jurisdiction
hearsAppealsOn	civil matters ⓘ criminal matters ⓘ
jurisdiction	New Zealand ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	Wellington High Court building ⓘ Wellington ⓘ surface form: Wellington, New Zealand
location	Wellington ⓘ
maximumPanelSize	5 judges ⓘ
partOf	Senior Courts of New Zealand ⓘ New Zealand courts ⓘ surface form: judiciary of New Zealand
positionInJudicialHierarchy	above the High Court of New Zealand ⓘ below the Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
predecessor	Court of Appeal as a panel of Supreme Court judges (historical arrangement) ⓘ
reviewsDecisionsFrom	District Court of New Zealand ⓘ High Court of New Zealand ⓘ various New Zealand tribunals ⓘ
subjectTo	New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 ⓘ Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ surface form: New Zealand Constitution Act 1986
subjectToAppealTo	Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
typeOfCourt	superior court of record ⓘ
typicalPanelSize	3 judges ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Court of New Zealand → appealsTo → Court of Appeal of New Zealand ⓘ

Senior Courts Act 2016 → appliesTo → Court of Appeal of New Zealand ⓘ

New Zealand courts → hasCourt → Court of Appeal of New Zealand ⓘ

Supreme Court of New Zealand → hearsAppealsFrom → Court of Appeal of New Zealand ⓘ

SCNZ → hearsAppealsFrom → Court of Appeal of New Zealand ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Court of New Zealand

Te Kōti Mana Nui → hearsAppealsFrom → Court of Appeal of New Zealand ⓘ

Dame Helen Winkelmann → memberOf → Court of Appeal of New Zealand ⓘ

subject surface form: Helen Winkelmann

Supreme Court Act 2003 → relatedTo → Court of Appeal of New Zealand ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Zealand Court of Appeal