Kōrero: Judicial system

Privy Council: replacement of the appeal (3 o 3)

Privy Council: replacement of the appeal

This cartoon, published in a business paper in 2002, is critical of the proposal to end the right of appeal to the Privy Council and establish a New Zealand Supreme Court instead. Margaret Wilson, then attorney general and a supporter of the Supreme Court proposal, is depicted as the female figure of Justice, but she is peeking under her blindfold. Some opponents of the concept of a Supreme Court feared that she would appoint judges for their political views, undermining the independence of the court.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: DX-023-076
Cartoon by Ashley W. Smith

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Philip A. Joseph and Thomas Joseph, 'Judicial system - History of the courts', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/cartoon/33964/privy-council-replacement-of-the-appeal (accessed 19 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Philip A. Joseph and Thomas Joseph, i tāngia i te 20 Jun 2012, updated 11 Oct 2016