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)
All years
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal.
22 June 2023
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A The appeal is allowed.
B The conviction for participating in an organised criminal group is quashed.
C The application for a discharge without conviction is remitted to the High Court for reconsideration.
3 May 2024
- Hearing date 31 October 2023 Appellant submissions (PDF, 2.4 MB)
- Hearing date 31 October 2023 Respondent submissions (PDF, 401 KB)
- Hearing date 31 October 2023 Respondent Oral Outline (PDF, 157 KB)
- Hearing date 31 October 2023 Appellant Oral Outline (PDF, 204 KB)
- Hearing date 31 October 2023 SC 25_2023 (PDF, 389 KB)
- Hearing date 31 October 2023 (PDF, 444 KB)
- MR [2024] NZSC 46 (PDF, 539 KB)
B) Order continuing suppression of the applicants’ names, addresses, occupations and any identifying particulars on the terms set out at [15] until 2 pm on 28 June 2023.
Suppression will lapse at that time.
26 June 2023
23 February 2024
B The application for leave to appeal (Fakaosilea v R [2021] NZCA 401) is dismissed.
30 August 2023
4 September 2023
20 October 2023
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal.
28 July 2023
- Hearing date 6 and 7 March 2024 Appellant submissions (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Hearing date 6 and 7 March 2024 Respondent submissions (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Hearing date 6 and 7 March 2024 Intervener Submissions (PDF, 824 KB)
- Hearing date 6 and 7 March 2024 Joint Chronology (PDF, 94 KB)
- Hearing date 6 March 2024 transcript (PDF, 947 KB)
- Hearing date 6 and 7 March 2024 SC 51/2023 (PDF, 483 KB)
8 September 2023