2.2 Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal is New Zealand’s intermediate appellate court. Located in Wellington (the Court also regularly conducts hearings in Auckland and Christchurch), the Court of Appeal hears: civil and criminal appeals from proceedings heard in the High Court criminal appeals from jury trial proceedings in District Courts (see 2.4) appeals on questions of law from the Employment Court. The Court of Appeal has a critical role in developing legal principle, error correction and maintaining cons...