Couch v The Attorney-General

JurisdictionNew Zealand
JudgeElias CJ,Blanchard J,Tipping J,McGrath J,Wilson J
Judgment Date24 March 2010
Neutral Citation[2010] NZSC 27
CourtSupreme Court
Docket NumberSC 49/2006
Date24 March 2010
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  • Couch v The
    • New Zealand
    • Supreme Court
    • 24 March 2010
    ...SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND SC 49/2006 [2010] NZSC 27 BETWEEN SUSAN COUCH Appellant AND THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL Respondent Hearing: 23 March 2009 Court: Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath and Wilson JJ Counsel: B P Henry for Appellant D B Collins QC Solicitor-General, J C Pike and R Kirkne......
  • ATTORNEY-GENERAL v Strathboss Kiwifruit Limited
    • New Zealand
    • Court of Appeal
    • 9 April 2020
    ...judgment (being the relevant pre-border and border personnel). Mr Hodder 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 See Couch v Attorney-General (No 2) [2010] NZSC 27, [2010] 3 NZLR 149 [Couch (No State Sector Amendment Act 2013, s 62(4). High Court judgment, above n 2, at [1356]. Couch (No 2), above n 11......
  • Ann Thomson (ap) V. The Scottish Ministers
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Session
    • 28 June 2013
    ... ... ] PNLR 87, K v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] EWCA Civ 775, State of New South Wales v Godfrey [2004] NSWCA 113 and Couch v Attorney General [2008] 3 NZLR 725. In that regard there was a need to establish proximity in addition to foreseeability. For there to be a duty ... ...
  • C v Holland HC
    • New Zealand
    • High Court
    • 24 August 2012
    ...constitutional arrangements are so different that Ontarians should be afforded greater 116 117 At 7.18. Couch v Attorney-General (No 2) [2010] NZSC 27, [2010] 3 NZLR protection than New Zealanders from unwanted intrusions into their privacy. Furthermore it has been said by Professor Dianne ......
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  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Remedies: The Law of Damages. Third Edition Limiting Principles
    • 21 June 2014
    ...[2000] NBJ No 532 (Sm Cl Ct) .................................................................... 125 Susan Couch v Attorney General, [2010] NZSC 27 ....................................331, 336 Suveges v Martens, [2000] BCJ No 1037, 2000 BCSC 810 ..................136, 140, 197 Sweetland v ......
  • Punitive Damages
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Remedies: The Law of Damages. Third Edition Non-compensatory Damages
    • 21 June 2014
    ...154 NSR (2d) 161 (CA) [ Hollett ]. 51 (2006), 83 OR (3d) 161 (CA) [ McIntyre ]. 52 Ibid at para 57. 53 Susan Couch v Attorney General , [2010] NZSC 27 [ Susan Couch ]. R EMEDIES: THE LAW OF DAMAGES 332 at the plaintiff, rather than conduct aimed at a class of people. 54 Thus, where the gist......
  • Police, Negligence and the Elusive Special Ingredient: A critical analysis of Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales Police and the liability of police for the actions of third parties
    • New Zealand
    • Canterbury Law Review No. 24-2018, January 2018
    • 1 January 2018
    ...Thomas Reuters, Wellington, 2016) 277 at 360. 245 Tobin and Mandrey, above n 187, at 206–207. 246 At 212. 247 Couch v Attorney-General [2010] NZSC 27, [2010] 3 NZLR 149 at [179]. 134 Canterbury Law Review [Vol 24, 2018] It is unlikely that a New Zealand court would take an approach as restr......
  • Wrongful Birth or Wrongful Law: A critical analysis of the availability of child-rearing costs after failed sterilisation operations in New Zealand
    • New Zealand
    • Canterbury Law Review No. 24-2018, January 2018
    • 1 January 2018
    ...v Palmer CA83/98 [1998] NZCA 190; [1999] 1 NZLR 549. 65 At 10. 66 Donselaar v Donsellar [1982] 1 NZLR 81, Couch v Attorney-General [2010] NZSC 27, [2010] 3 NZLR 149. 67 Davies v Police [2009] NZSC 47, (2009) 24 CRNZ 644 at 652 per Elias CJ. 68 At 652. 10 Canterbury Law Review [Vol 24, 2018]......

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