New Zealand Case Law

NZ CASE LAW ONLINE - LIBRARY DATABASES

Accident Compensation Reports in Brookers Online 1994 - 1997
Commercial Cases in Brookers Online 1978-
Company & Securities cases in Brookers Online 1986-
Criminal Reports of New Zealand in Brookers Online 1983-
District Court Reports in LexisNexis NZ 1996-
DSL Local Government Case Law in Brookers Online 1989-
- See also: Brookers Local Government and Environmental Law
Employment Reports of New Zealand in Brookers Online 1991-
Employment Unreported Cases in Brookers Online 1986-
Environmental Case Law in Brookers Online
Family Reports of New Zealand in Brookers Online 1991-
Fenton's Important Judgments - Chief Judge Fenton’s “ Important Judgments delivered in the
Compensation Court and Native Land Court 1866 to 1879.” NOTE: Access via a library workstation only
New Zealand Company Law Cases in IntelliConnect (CCH) 1981-
New Zealand Administrative Reports in LexisNexis NZ
New Zealand Family Law Reports in LexisNexis NZ 1981-
New Zealand Law Reports in LexisNexis NZ
New Zealand Resource Management Appeals in LexisNexis NZ 1991-
New Zealand Tax Cases in IntelliConnect (CCH) 1973-
Procedure Reports of New Zealand in Brookers Online 1983-
Resource Management Cases and Materials in Brookers Online 1994-
Smart Tax Cases in Brookers Online 1973-
Waitangi Tribunal Reports 1977 -

All New Zealand case law is located on Level 2 of the Davis Law Library (entrance level) with the New Zealand materials, Stacks 2B to 3B.
Use Law Reports Held by the Davis (PDF 110KB) to locate details of particular reporting series

Use the following databases when you are looking for New Zealand cases:

Briefcase in Brookers Online 1986-
LinxPlus available in LexisNexis NZ AND direct access using LinxPlus 1986-

See also: New Zealand Case Law Digest Archive - in Brookers Online 1985 - 2004

The library provides fulltext access to selected unreported judgments through Briefcase in Brookers Online 1986-; AND LinxPlus available in LexisNexis NZ AND direct access using LinxPlus 1986-

TIP: Search both databases, coverage differs between products

For judgments not found in these two sources, Brookers Judgment Service may be able to locate judgments for you for a fee.

New Zealand Case Citator - a comprehensive case citator of reported NZ case law and subsequent histories
Casebase in LexisNexis NZ - a comprehensive case citator covering more than 60 Australian and overseas report series, including New Zealand, and the unreported decisions of the High Court, the Federal Court and the Supreme Courts of all Australian states and territories and other selected jurisdictions. See online Casebase User Guide
Australian and New Zealand Citator to UK Reports - open International Cases in LexisNexis NZ and select Australian & New Zealand Citator to UK Reports in the Sources drop down box. Finds UK cases cited in Australia or New Zealand law reporting series

Legal Citations of Aotearoa New Zealand
Law Reports Held by the Davis (PDF 110KB) - search for law report abbreviations. Includes location details of all law reports held in the Davis Law Library
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations - search law report abbreviations AND journal abbreviations, some coverage of NZ titles

Directory of Decisions by the University of Waikato Library - a comprehensive resource with detailed information and links to all decision making bodies in NZ
Family Court of New Zealand decisions
High Court of New Zealand decisions - from the NZLII website. Includes decisions from 2005
NZLII (New Zealand Legal Information Institute) - a joint project of the law faculties of Otago University and Victoria University and the Australian Legal Information Institute (AUSTLII)
Ministry of Justice
- Judicial Decisions of Public Interest - from the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court
Supreme Court of New Zealand
NZ Broadcasting Standards Authority Decisions
Refugee Status Appeals Authority RSAA - (replaced by the Immigration & Protection Tribunal (IPT) in 2010)
NZ Refugee Law - by Rodger Haines QC. Includes leading decisions of the NZ Refugee Status Appeals Authority, and from the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on refugee issues
Youth Court decisions - summaries of both reported and unreported judgments

File Last updated: 3 May 2011