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.

23 December 2024

Case information summary 2024 (as at 23 December 2024) –  Cases where leave granted (126 KB)
Case information summary 2024 (as at 23 December 2024)  – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 116 KB)

All years

Case name
Jeremy James McGuire v Central Standards Committee 3, General Standards Committee 1, General Standards Committee 3, Legal Complaints Review Officer, Wellington Standards Committee 1 and Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal
Case number
SC 61/2024
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay one set of costs of $2,500 to the first, second, third and fifth respondents.
27 August 2024
Case name
Francisc Catalin Deliu v Attorney-General
Case number
SC 62/2024
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
6 September 2024
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Francisc Catalin Deliu v Auckland District Court, New Zealand Police and Attorney-General
Case number
SC 63/2024
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay the third respondent costs of $2,500.
25 September 2024
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
J (SC 64/2024) v The King
Case number
SC 64/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Case name
Bartholomaeus Roland Lassnig v Qian Zhou and Qian Zhou and Bartholomaeus Roland Lassnig as Trustees of the Lassnig Family Trust
Case number
SC 65/2024
Summary
Civil Appeal
Result
A Leave to appeal is granted (Zhou v Lassnig [2024] NZCA 177).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct in its analysis under s 182 of the Family Proceedings Act 1980.
17 September 2024
Date of hearing
04 March 2025
Judges
Glazebrook, Ellen France, Williams, Kós and Miller JJ
High Court decision
Case name
P (SC 66/2024) v The King
Case number
SC 66/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B We make an order prohibiting publication of this judgment until 2.00 pm on 22 October 2024.
8 October 2024
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Layne Brent Ford v The King
Case number
SC 67/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
18 September 2024
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Seiana Fakaosilea v The King
Case number
SC 68/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
9 October 2024
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Christopher Joseph O'Neill v The Privacy Commissioner
Case number
SC 69/2024
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
28 November 2024
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Christopher Joseph O'Neill v Registrar of the Supreme Court
Case number
SC 70/2024
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
28 November 2024
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed