19 Jul 2023
The applicant failed to meet the criteria for leave to appeal and the respondents successfully opposed the leave application; accordingly the Court awarded the first to seventeenth and nineteenth respondents one set of costs of $1,000 as reflecting the work involved.
21 Jun 2017
The Court held it has no jurisdiction to hear a second appeal by a complainant/victim because Part 6 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 confines second appeals to convicted persons (and specified parties); therefore the application for leave to appeal by L must be dismissed.
3 Aug 2010
The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction to hear the proposed appeal because s7(b) of the Supreme Court Act 2003 precludes appeals against a Court of Appeal's refusal to grant leave; therefore the application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
27 Aug 2008
An order as to costs made on appeal falls within s145(1)(b) Care of Children Act 2004 and therefore required leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal; because the Court of Appeal had refused leave, s7(b) Supreme Court Act 2003 deprived the Supreme Court of jurisdiction and the application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
15 Feb 2007
Section 7(b) of the Supreme Court Act 2003 bars appeals to the Supreme Court from decisions of the Court of Appeal refusing leave or special leave to appeal; consequently the Registrar correctly declined to accept the application for want of jurisdiction.
11 May 2005
The Supreme Court's jurisdiction in criminal appeals is limited to statutory powers; an applicant seeking leave to appeal from a Court of Appeal refusal to re-open an earlier appeal must point to a statutory provision enabling the Supreme Court to entertain that application, and the applicant's failure to seek an extension under s 11 was noted.
2 Nov 2004
Because section 7(b) of the Supreme Court Act 2003 expressly excludes appeals against refusals of leave or special leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court has no jurisdiction to hear the applicant's appeal and the application is dismissed.