If you are making a second appeal, you go to a different court. You go to the High Court if the first court that made the decision was the District Court. You can go to either the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court if the first court that made the decision was the High Court.

If the first court that made the decision was the Court of Appeal, you go to the Supreme Court for your second appeal. The court you go to depends on which court made the original decision that you are appealing against. You can find more information about the laws that govern this process, including changes made by the District Court Act 2016, which amended section 290.

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289: Right of appeal against determination of first appeal court, or

"You can appeal again if a first appeal doesn't go your way, but you need a second court's permission."

291: How to commence second appeal, or

"How to Start a Second Appeal in Court"

Part 6Appeals
Appeals against suppression orders: Further appeals

290Second appeal courts

The second appeal court for an appeal under this subpart is—
the High Court, if the appeal is against a determination of the District Court; or
either the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court, if the appeal is against a determination of the High Court; or
the Supreme Court, if the appeal is against a determination of the Court of Appeal.

Notes

Section 290(a): amended, on 1 March 2017, by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).