A recent case of the High Court is a reminder that a review of by a High Court judge of an Associate Judge’s decision in respect of an interlocutory application remains available for proceedings commenced before 1 March 2017. See: Phillimore Imperial v St John’s College Trust Board [2018] NZHC 2145. Any such application for a review must be made within five working days of the date of the Associate Judge’s decision. The review by the High Court judge is in the nature of a rehearing.
For proceedings commenced after 1 March 2017, any reconsideration of an Associate Judge’s decision in respect of an interlocutory application must be by way of an appeal to the Court of Appeal, in respect of which the applicant must first obtain the leave of a High Court judge: s. 56 of the Senior Courts Act 2016.