December 2013 Māori Law Review

Practice Note – November 2013 – citation of Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court decisions

The Māori Land Court bench has issued a new Practice Note about the citation of Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court decisions.

Download the 2013 Practice Note regarding the Citation of Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court decisions here (276 KB PDF).

This Practice Note confirms the current practice for citation of Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court decisions. It provides a range of citation exemplars to assist in citation of court decisions.

The Court has advised that there are some minor amendments made to citation of decisions:

  • The year of judgment for minute book series organised by year (post 2010 Māori Appellate Court and Chief Judge's MB decisions) are to be bracketed by square brackets;
  • Applications filed by the Chief Registrar or Deputy Registrar are to be cited in the same manner as uncontested cases;
  • Succession applications are to be cited in the same manner as either uncontested or contested cases however, the phrase "Estate of deceased's name' is cited as the subject matter instead of a land block;
  • Applications where there is no subject matter are cited in the same manner as contested cases but without reference to a subject matter.