Supreme Court case information

Listed below are the substantive Supreme Court cases for the year along with appeals still to be determined or cases awaiting hearing. 

Information giving an overview of the case is included along with media releases and links to judgments being appealed when available.

All 2024 - 2014 Supreme Court cases dismissed or deemed to be dismissed where a notice of abandonment was received can be found here.

Transcripts for cases heard before the Supreme Court are included provided they are not suppressed. Transcripts from pre-trial hearings are not published until the final disposition of trial. These are unedited transcripts and they are not a formal record of the Court’s proceedings. The Ministry of Justice does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any material and recommends that users exercise their own skill and care with respect to its use.

17 February 2025

Case information summary 2024 (as at 14 February 2025) –  Cases where leave granted (126 KB)
Case information summary 2024 (as at 14 February 2025)  – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 97 KB)

2025

Case name
Tanya Felicity Dunstan
Case number
SC 1/2025
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Case name
Weng-Yuan Tsao and Shan-Hua Chen v Yen Wei Chen and Kuei-Huan Chen
Case number
SC 2/2025
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring appeal
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Artemis Indigo Delilah Davis v Mellisa Allan And Michael B T Turner
Case number
SC 3/2025
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring appeal
High Court decision
Case name
John Kenneth Slavich v Wellington District Court and Attorney-General
Case number
SC 4/2025
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring appeal
Case name
AB (SC 5/2025) v The King
Case number
SC 5/2025
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Razdan Rafiq v Auckland Transport
Case number
SC 6/2025
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Case name
Lena Nedelcheva Duncan v The Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Incorporated and District Court
Case number
SC 7/2025
Summary
Civil appeal - Application for leave to bring appeal
Case name
Francisc Catalin Deliu v Attorney-General and Deputy Solicitor-General
Case number
SC 8/2025
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Case name
Lynette Mills, Carl James Peterson and The Peterson/Mills Partnership v Kelly Dalzell, Tracey Howard Levenbach, ASB Bank Limited, Graham Howard Mills, John Levenbach, Carol Krammer, Holland Beckett Law, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, Morgan Coakle Lawyers, Assoc
Case number
SC 9/2025
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Case name
Michael John Smith v Attorney-General
Case number
SC 10/2025
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal