High Court

High Court Wellington8 November 1976; 7 March 1977Coates JEvidence — Witnesses — Husband and wife — Husband convicted of offence of using obscene language over a telephone to his wife who was the sole...

High Court Wellington 11 October 1976Somers JPartnership — Dissolution — No notice of dissolution given but partnership at will terminated by defendant unsuccessfully denying existence of partnership in earlier...

High Court Wellington9, 18 February 1977Henry JCriminal law — Crimes affecting the administration of law and justice — Perjury — Accused making a false statement in an affidavit in support of an...

High Court Wellington 7 February 1977Wild CJCriminal law — Trial of indictments — The jury — Application for special jury in a trial for murder where defence of insanity raised — Psychiatric evidence...

High Court Wellington15 November; 20 December 1976White JFamily protection — Application by widow and daughters where testator had stated in his will that they had been disinherited because his wife had deserted him...