High Court WellingtonCIV-2022-485-1188 November 2022; 17 March 2023Palmer JPatents — “Inventor” — Whether artificial intelligence (AI) can be inventor — Statutory interpretation — Whether inventor...
High Court WellingtonCIV-2016-409-309 14 November 2022Doogue JConstitutional law — Parliament — Parliamentary privilege — Scope of “proceedings in Parliament” — Parliamentary Privilege Act 2014 ss...
High Court WellingtonCIV-2022-404-62920 July 2022; 10 February 2023Duffy JFamily law — Dissolution of marriage — Declaration of invalidity — Dissolution order obtained by fraud — Jurisdiction of...
High Court WellingtonCIV-2022-470-4414, 25 November 2022; 1 March 2023Harvey JPractice and procedure — Judgment debt — Leave to issue enforcement proceedings — Substitution of judgment creditor —...
High Court WellingtonCIV-2022-404-15512 September; 20 December 2022Brewer JHealth and safety at work — Armed Forces exemption — SAS soldier died — Prosecution — Chief of Defence Force’s declaration...
High Court WellingtonCIV-2022-404-76228, 29 November 2022; 23 January 2023Edwards JPractice and procedure — Trans-Tasman proceedings — Application for stay — Parallel class actions — Application to...
High Court WellingtonCIV-2021-409-4046 April; 15 September 2022Nation JHuman rights — Freedom from discrimination — Freedom from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation — Whether rule...
High Court WellingtonCIV-2021-442-425, 26, 27 July 2022; 1 February 2023Palmer JTort — Negligence — Duty of care — Whether rule in North Shore City Council v Attorney-General (The Grange) applicable to...
High Court WellingtonCIV-2021-485-62815, 16 March; 30 March, 12 May (further submissions); 27 September 2022Ellis JBill of Rights Act — Compensation — Crown prosecutor’s duty to exercise discretion —...