5 Sept 2023
Sch 1 cl 16(5) of the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003 expressly makes District Court decisions final and excludes any further right of appeal to the High Court; therefore the High Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the appellant's second appeal and the appeal must be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
13 Jul 2023
A Standards Committee, when determining a lawyer's fee complaint, is a specialist tribunal for the purposes of s17 Disputes Tribunal Act; the Disputes Tribunal therefore acted ultra vires by assuming jurisdiction to hear a fee dispute that had been commenced and finally disposed of by a Standards Committee under the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006; judicial review succeeds and declarations issued accordingly.
10 Oct 2014
The application for recall was dismissed because the applicant did not raise any matter that justified recalling the Court's prior judgment; the threshold for recall was not met.