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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.

24 June 2024

Case information summary 2024 (as at 21 June 2024) –  Cases where leave granted (121 KB)
Case information summary 2024 (as at 21 June 2024)  – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 125 KB)

2023

Case name
Moetu Kaitai v The King
Case number
SC 59/2023
Summary
Criminal Appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is granted in part (Kaitai v R [2023] NZCA 184). The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal against conviction, so far as it was based on defences of accident, involuntariness and lack of intent.
B The application for leave to appeal is otherwise dismissed.
22 December 2023
Date of hearing
11 July 2024
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, Ellen France, Williams and Miller JJ
Case Synopses
High Court decision
R v KAITAI [2022] NZHC 2438 [23 September 2022
Court of Appeal decision
KAITAI v R [2023] NZCA 184 [22 May 2023]
Leave judgment - leave granted
MOETU KAITAI v R [2023] NZSC 169 [22 December 2023 (PDF, 179 KB)
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