FIRST RULING FROM SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

The Otago Daily Times reports:

Legal history was made with the briefest appearance by Justices Andrew Tipping and Thomas Gault, who delivered the first decision made by the new Supreme Court of New Zealand yesterday.

Its new home has yet to be built, but the High Court stood in yesterday for the two judges to refuse leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in a case which challenged provisions made in a will.

The text of the ruling is here (PDF file). And here's the Court's web site.

For some discussion of the controversies over the establishment of the Court, see my post here.