Urs Signer v The Queen

[2011] NZSC 46

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

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[2011] NZSC 46

URS SIGNER
EMILY FELICITY BAILEY
VALERIE MORSE
PHILLIP PUREWA
TRUDI PARAHA
TUHOE LAMBERT
RANGI KEMARA

v

THE QUEEN

Court:             Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping and McGrath JJ

Counsel:         C W J Stevenson for Signer
V C Nisbet for Bailey
Morse in person
C Tuck for Purewa
T B Afeaki for Paraha
K Afeaki for Lambert
C Hirschfeld for Kemara
B J Horsley and H R B Stallard for Crown

Judgment:      6 May 2011

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

A        The application for leave to appeal is granted.

BThe approved ground is whether the High Court and Court of Appeal correctly interpreted and applied s 361D of the Crimes Act 1961 in directing that the applicants be tried for the offences charged under indictment (Number CRI 2007-085-7842) before a Judge without a jury.

Solicitors:
Crown Law Office, Wellington