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Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, which was established in 2004. The High Court of New Zealand, a superior trial court, was known by the name Supreme Court of New Zealand until 1980. Judges of this court should be placed in Category:High Court of New Zealand judges.
The Supreme Court Act 2003 was repealed on 1 March 2017 and superseded by the Senior Courts Act 2016. The current Supreme Court should not be confused with the High Court of New Zealand, which was known as the Supreme Court until 1980. The High Court, New Zealand’s superior court, was established in 1841 as the “Supreme Court of New Zealand ...
From 1841 to 1957, the chief justice was the indisputable senior member of the New Zealand judiciary, and served on the old Supreme Court (now called the High Court of New Zealand). Prior to 1957, all judges of the Supreme Court sat as members of the Court of Appeal.
In 2008, he was appointed a Justice of the High Court of New Zealand. [10] In 2017, he became the first Te Reo Māori speaker appointed to the Court of Appeal. [11] He was appointed to the Supreme Court of New Zealand in May 2019, succeeding William Young. [12] Williams is the first Māori person to be appointed to the Supreme Court. [1] [13]
A Supreme Court was first established in 1841 [24] followed by various lower courts including District Courts and Magistrates' Courts, with the latter coming into being in 1846. The Court of Appeal was set up in 1862 as the highest court in New Zealand, but consisted of panels of judges from the Supreme Court. [5]
On 8 April 2022, it was announced that Kós would be appointed a judge to the Supreme Court of New Zealand. [8] Investiture of Kós as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Wellington, on 21 September 2023. He is a Distinguished Fellow at the Victoria University Law ...
He remained at Chapman Tripp until his appointment to the bench of the High Court of New Zealand in 2004. In 2013, he was elevated to the Court of Appeal. [4] On 19 December 2023, Miller was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. [3] [5]
Glazebrook was appointed a judge of the High Court of New Zealand on 14 December 2000, having served until that time as temporary judge of that court. [5] She was appointed to the Court of Appeal on 24 May 2002. [6] On 6 August 2012, Glazebrook was appointed to the Supreme Court. [7]