New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Judicial conduct complaints

Legal area

Court

18 Nov 2019

MALCOLM EDWARD RABSON v JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSIONER [2019] NZSC 128 [18 November 2019]

Citation

[2019] NZSC 128
Court

Supreme Court

The application for direct leave to appeal is dismissed because the challenged proceedings were an impermissible relitigation and abuse of process; any merit in the s 8(2) point did not overcome the finality of earlier determinations and did not create exceptional circumstances to justify a direct appeal; naming the Supreme Court as a respondent was improper and removed as a proposed party.
9 Aug 2013

SLAVICH v JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSIONER & ORS [2013] NZHC 2025

Citation

[2013] NZHC 2025
Court

High Court

The application to recall the judgment is dismissed because no very special reason exists; the proposed judicial review was properly rejected under s88B(2) as an abuse of process and lacking a prima facie ground since it amounted to a collateral attack and re-litigation of issues decided by Judges rather than a proper ground for review of the Commissioner's investigation.