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
24 March 2017
10 March 2015
B The approved questions are:Was R v Antonievic [2013] NZCA 483, [2013] 3 NZLR 806 correctly decided? And, if notDoes this warrant the quashing of the convictions?
26 May 2015
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Appeal allowed, convictions quashed. No order for a retrial.
14 December 2015
- Hearing date 7 July 2015 (PDF, 510 KB)
- MR [2015] NZSC 189 (PDF, 255 KB)
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Application for recall dismissed.
28 April 2015
22 April 2015
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed. 15 May 2015
B v R [2014] NZCA 212 (White, Ronald Young and Simon France JJ) [B (CA)] not available
22 June 2015
24 February 2016
25 May 2015