Court case
Dotcom v Minister of Justice
High Court of New Zealand / Court of Appeal of New Zealand. Docket CIV-2024-485-583; [2025] NZHC 2634; [2026] NZCA 284.
- Jurisdiction
- NZ
- Docket number
- CIV-2024-485-583; [2025] NZHC 2634; [2026] NZCA 284
- Linked takedowns
- 1
- People named
- 1
Case record
- Court
- High Court of New Zealand / Court of Appeal of New Zealand
- Jurisdiction
- NZ
- Docket number
- CIV-2024-485-583; [2025] NZHC 2634; [2026] NZCA 284
- Status
- Court of Appeal dismissed appeal on 2026-07-01; possible Supreme Court application remained
- Status verified
- August 21, 2026
- Dataset id
- case_nz_dotcom_judicial_review
The status line was checked against the public record on August 21, 2026. Proceedings may have moved since.
What this case entry is.
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A case listed here does not establish that anyone named on this page is guilty. Charges are accusations only. Where a cited source records a conviction or a guilty plea, that outcome is attributed to the source and this index asserts nothing beyond it.
Sources for this entry were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 21, 2026.
Takedowns linked to this case
1 takedown record in this index is linked to this case.
- Megaupload seizure . Piracy and IP, January 2012
People named in this case
1 person in this index is recorded as named in this case.
- Kim Dotcom . Also known as: Kim Schmitz
Sources
2 sources support this entry. Each one is listed with the role it was relied on for.
- Dotcom v Minister of Justice [2025] NZHC 2634 , Primary source . High Court of New Zealand, September 19, 2025 . https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/2025/2025-NZHC-2634.pdf
- Dotcom v Minister of Justice [2026] NZCA 284 , Primary source . Court of Appeal of New Zealand, July 1, 2026 . https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/2026/2026-NZCA-284.pdf