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Topic

Leap-frog appeals

Legal area

Court

4 Jul 2014

ALAN CANAVAN v DAMIEN GRANT AND STEVEN KHOV AS LIQUIDATORS OF QUANTUM GROW LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) [2014] NZSC 82

Citation

[2014] NZSC 82
Court

Supreme Court

Leave to appeal was dismissed because the applicant was not a party to the Court of Appeal proceedings and could not, by after‑the‑fact joinder in later proceedings, acquire the status necessary to appeal that Court of Appeal judgment to the Supreme Court; additionally the s14 leap‑frog criteria were not met so direct appeal was inappropriate.
10 May 2005

CLARK V R SC CRI 20/2004

Citation

openlaw-9628b21f_57f4_4d1c_8983_5064d3218431.pdf
Court

Supreme Court

Section 379A, properly construed in the context of the Supreme Court Act amendments, provides one choice of appeal (either to the Court of Appeal or by leap-frog direct to the Supreme Court) and does not permit a second appeal to the Supreme Court from a Court of Appeal pre-trial determination; the Supreme Court therefore has no jurisdiction to grant leave for such a second appeal.