Royal Australasian College of Surgeons v Phipps - [1999] 3 NZLR 1

Practice and procedure — Appeals to Court of Appeal — Preliminary question of law heard in High Court and hearing adjourned — Judgment delivered but no appeal filed until after substantive judgment delivered — Whether appeal possible — Whether appeal out of time — Whether special leave to appeal should be granted — Court of Appeal (Civil) Rules 1997 (SR 1997/180), R 5(1).

Judicial review — Jurisdiction — College of Surgeons inquired into conduct of non-member at instance of employer — Whether report susceptible to judicial review — Judicature Amendment Act 1972, s 3.