Vincent Ross Siemer v Registrar of the Supreme Court

[2015] NZSC 52

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

SC  6/2015
[2015] NZSC 52

BETWEEN

VINCENT ROSS SIEMER
Applicant

AND

REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT
First Respondent

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
Second Respondent

Court:	Elias CJ, Glazebrook and O'Regan JJ
Counsel:	Applicant in person H M Carrad for First and Second Respondents
Judgment:	5 May 2015

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT 

The application for recall is dismissed.

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REASONS

1. The applicant seeks recall of our judgment in relation to his application for leave to appeal.[1]

   [1]Vincent Ross Siemer v Registrar of the Supreme Court [2015] NZSC 39 [17 April 2015].

2. The ground on which the application for recall is advanced is that the judgment “did not address the bona fide ground of appeal” in the application for leave.  This refers to the statement in the application for leave that the order to which the application related prevented the applicant from pursuing his substantive appeal to the Court of Appeal on a matter which he says was described as a matter of public interest by a Judge and a Deputy Registrar.

3. We do not accept that the order had that effect.  The applicant’s failure to meet the requirements of the Court of Appeal (Civil) Rules 2005 was the reason that he could not pursue his appeal to the Court of Appeal.

4. The application for recall is therefore dismissed.

Solicitors:
Crown Law Office, Wellington for Respondents.