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.

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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](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/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](https://takedownindex.org/people/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](https://takedownindex.org/sources/high-court-of-new-zealand-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](https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/2025/2025-NZHC-2634.pdf)
- [Dotcom v Minister of Justice [2026] NZCA 284](https://takedownindex.org/sources/court-of-appeal-of-new-zealand-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](https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/2026/2026-NZCA-284.pdf)

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