Starting from 1 July 2004, The Supreme Court of New Zealand swings into action and becomes the court of final appeal in NZ. Prior to this, Privy Council located in London is the last avenue for appeal case.
Finally, NZ has followed the footsteps of his peer Commonwealth countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong achieving legal independence by severing the legal umbilical cord with London.
For Malaysia, Privy Council appeals in criminal and constitutional matters were abolished on 1 January 1978 and all other appeals i.e. civil appeals except those filed before that date were abolished 7 years later (1 January 1985).
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