Directory of Decisions

Decisions, comments and articles relating to the sale of land and other land transactions such as leases, mortgages, options and easements. October 1978 onward.

CCH New Zealand Ltd

Appeals relating to decision of the Accident Compensation Corporation from the District Court (Accident Compensation Appeals Authority), High Court and Court of Appeal;  1994 to 1997.

Brookers

Commercial cases from the Privy Council, Court of Appeal and High Court. Covers decision handed down between 1970-1990.

LexisNexis NZ

Continued by MCLR from 1991.

Selected judgments dealing with criminal cases by the Court of Appeal and High Court, 1993 onward.

Selected District Court judgments. Published under current title since 1980

LexisNexis NZ

Formerly MCD 1939-1979.

Judgments from the Employment Court (formerly Labour Court), High Court, the Court of Appeal, Employment Tribunal, Equal Opportunities Tribunal, Complaints Review Tribunal. Published under this title since 1991.

Brookers Ltd

Continues from NZILR, published 1987-1990.

Selected judgments relating to environmental law from the Environment Court, District Courts, High Court and Court of Appeal. 1996 onward.

Family law cases from the Court of Appeal, High Court, Family Court, Youth Court and District Court. Covers 1983 onward.

Important decisions delivered in the Compensation Court and the Native Land Court 1866-1879.

Available online via NZLII

Originally published by H.Brett, General Steam Printer under the direction of the Chief Judge, Native Land Court, 1879. Reprinted: Papakura [N.Z]: Southern Reprints, 1994.

Francis Dart Fenton (1821-1898) was the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court from 1865-1881. In the early 1860s Fenton was also involved in drafting native land legislation in his role as an assistant in the Auckland Law Office and later as a Parliamentary Agent.

Selected judgments from the superior courts of the time (Court of Appeal and Supreme Court) and the Court of Arbitration. Published between 1898-1953.

Available online via NZLII

Trade Auxiliary Company, Christchurch

Selected judgments relating to human rights issues from the Privy Council, Court of Appeal, High Court, Employment Court and the Complaints Review Tribunal. Published from 1995 onward. Incorporates NZBORR, published 1990-1992.

Brookers Ltd

Decisions relating to copyright, patents, trademarks, designs, confidential information, passing-off, competition and trade practices from superior courts and tribunals of Australia. Also covers cases from the superior courts of New Zealand, Australia, UK, Honk Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, USA and Canada. Does not cover decisions of the New Zealand Copyright Tribunal or the New Zealand Commissioner of Patents, Trade Marks and Designs. Decisions from 1982 onward. Volume 1A covers significant older Australian and UK cases dating back to the 19th Century.

Published under this title between 1979-1986

NZLII

Continued from Judgments, etc. of the Industrial Court of New Zealand, 1976 -1977. Continued by NZILR, 1987-1990.

Replaced by the Employment Court.

Published under this title between 1976-1978.

Selected judgments of the Magistrates' Court. Published under this title 1939-1979.

LexisNexis NZ

Continued by DCR. This publication incorporated MCR from 1953.

Selected judgments of the Magistrates' Court. Published under this title 1906-1952.

available on NZLII

Trade Auxiliary Company of New Zealand, Christchurch.

Incorporated intoMCDfrom 1953.

Decisions 1986-1996.

Commercial cases from the Privy Council, Court of Appeal and High Court. Published between 1991-1994.

LexisNexis NZ

Published as BCR prior to 1991

Decisions relating to the Accident Compensation Act 1972 and the Accident Compensation Act 1982, both of which are now repealed. Covers decisions of the Accident Compensation Appeal Authority, the High Court and Court of Appeal. Published between 1981-1984.

Includes decisions of the Accident Compensation Appeal Authority, Commerce Commission, Copyright Tribunal, Indecent Publications Tribunal, Legal Aid Appeal Authority, Licensing Control Commission, Overtime and Shift work Recognition Authority, Social Security Appeal Authority, Appeals to the Supreme Court (Administrative Division). 1976 onward.

Selected judgments relating to human rights issues from the Court of Appeal, High Court, District Court. Published between 1990-1992.

Oxford University Press, Auckland.

Now incorporated into HRNZ

Business law cases decided in the Privy Council, Court of Appeal and High Court from 1984 onward. Also contains Commerce Commission decisions 1987-1991.

Company law cases decided in the Privy Council, Court of Appeal and High Court. Covers from 1981 onward.

Recent reports are in the loose-leaf New Zealand Company Law and Practice

Commercial cases from the Privy Council, Court of Appeal and High Court. Covers decision from the Court of Appeal and High Court 1978-1986. Volume 1 includes a supplement section covering older cases decided between 1959-1977.

Conveyancing law cases decided in the Privy Council, Court of Appeal and High Court. 1989 onward.

Employment law cases decided in the High Court, District Court, Employment Court, Employment Tribunal and the Complaints Review Tribunal. 1986 onward.

Family law cases from the Privy Council, Court of Appeal, High Court, Family Court, Youth Court and District Court, 1981 onward.

Judgments of the Arbitration Court (called Labour Court from August 1987), Court of Appeal, Aircrew Industrial Tribunal..

Intellectual property cases decided by Court of Appeal; High Court; and the Commissioners of Trade Marks and Patents in their judicial capacity. 1967-1987.

Decisions of the then Supreme Court (1800s version) and Court of Appeal, for the period 1874-1879; also mining law decisions. New Zealand Jurist: NZ Jur, covers the period 874-76 and New Zealand Jurist New Series: NZ Jur (NS), covers the period 1875-1879.

Civil and criminal cases of the Privy Council, Court of Appeal, High Court judgments and Court Marital Appeal Court judgments. 1883 onward.

Appeals from New Zealand Courts determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council between 1840-1932. Published in 1938.

Decisions of the Court of Appeal, High Court, District Court, Environment Court/Planning Tribunal. 1990 onward.

LexisNexis NZ

Continues from NZTPA

New Zealand tax, estate duty and gift duty cases from the High Court, Court of Appeal, Privy Council, Taxation Board of Review and the Taxation Review Authority. 1973 onward.

Decisions of the Town and Country Planning Appeal Board, 1955-1970.

LexisNexis NZ

Continued by NZTPA (1971-1989)

Decisions of the Court of Appeal, High Court, District Court, Planning Tribunal/Town and Country Planning Appeal Board, 1971-1989.

LexisNexis NZ

Continues from NZTCPA (1955-1971). Continued by NZRMA 1990 onwards.

Procedure cases from the superior courts (Privy Council, Court of Appeal, High Court), 1983 onward

Judicial decisions affecting Maori Land from various courts and tribunals for the period 1958-1985

Tax cases decided by the Privy Council, Court of Appeal, High Court and the Taxation Review Authority, 1975 onward.

Cases relating to trade practices, intellectual property and other cases based on commercial law statutes from the Privy Council, Court of Appeal and High Court. 1978 onward.