Supreme Court of New Zealand

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appellate court court supreme court

The Supreme Court of New Zealand is the country’s highest appellate court, established in 2004 to replace appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Supreme Court of New Zealand canonical 22
New Zealand Supreme Court 2
Supreme Court judges of New Zealand 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf appellate court ⓘ
court ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
abbreviation SCNZ ⓘ
address 85 Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand ⓘ
appealTo no higher court ⓘ
appointmentBy Governor-General of New Zealand ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf Attorney-General of New Zealand ⓘ
Prime Minister of New Zealand ⓘ
branchOf judicial branch of the Government of New Zealand ⓘ
building Supreme Court of New Zealand building ⓘ
buildingOpenedYear 2010 ⓘ
chiefJudgeTitle Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
city Wellington ⓘ
composition Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
up to four other judges ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
courtType court of final appeal ⓘ
currentChiefJudge Dame Helen Winkelmann ⓘ
currentChiefJudgeStartYear 2019 ⓘ
dateEstablished 2004-01-01 ⓘ
finalCourtOfAppealFor civil cases in New Zealand ⓘ
criminal cases in New Zealand ⓘ
firstSittingYear 2004 ⓘ
hearingPanelSize 5 judges ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom Court of Appeal of New Zealand ⓘ
High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
jurisdiction New Zealand ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Māori ⓘ
legalBasis Senior Courts Act 2016 ⓘ
Supreme Court Act 2003 ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
location Wellington ⓘ
maximumNumberOfJudges 6 ⓘ
memberOf New Zealand courts ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand judiciary
minimumNumberOfJudges 5 ⓘ
nativeName Te Kōti Mana Nui ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage mi ⓘ
precededBy appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
regionServed New Zealand ⓘ
surface form: Realm of New Zealand
replaced Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
role highest appellate court in New Zealand ⓘ
seat Wellington ⓘ
symbol Coat of arms of New Zealand ⓘ
website https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/the-courts/supreme-court/ ⓘ
yearEstablished 2004 ⓘ

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

New Zealand → judicialBody → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Wellington → seatOf → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Zealand Supreme Court
Supreme Court Act 2003 → establishedBody → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Supreme Court Act 2003 → finalAppealCourt → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Senior Courts Act 2016 → appliesTo → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Chief Justice of New Zealand → presidesOver → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Chief Justice of New Zealand → oversees → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of New Zealand registry
Chief Justice of New Zealand → hasAuthorityOver → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court judges of New Zealand
Te Kōti Mana Nui → hasEnglishName → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
SCNZ → standsFor → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
SCNZ → refersTo → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
New Zealand courts → hasTopCourt → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
New Zealand courts → allowsAppealTo → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
High Court of New Zealand → appealsTo → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Dame Helen Winkelmann → memberOf → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
subject surface form: Helen Winkelmann
Court of Appeal of New Zealand → subjectToAppealTo → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
New Zealand government → highestCourt → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Wellington Region → isSeatOf → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Zealand Supreme Court
Employment Court of New Zealand → higherCourt → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Ministry of Justice (New Zealand) → oversees → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of New Zealand (administration)
Supreme Court of New Zealand building → occupant → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Supreme Court of New Zealand building → countryHighestCourtBuilding → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Seal of the Supreme Court of New Zealand → usedBy → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Seal of the Supreme Court of New Zealand → authority → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
New Zealand politics → highestCourt → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Senior Courts of New Zealand → comprises → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
New Zealand justice sector agencies → includes → Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ