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
Case name
Benjamin Turrei Brooking v The Queen
Case number
SC 16/2005
Summary
Criminal appeal - appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal quashing a sentence of six years imprisonment and substituting a sentence of eight years nine months - whether the Court erred in principle in holding that in the District Court the Judge failed to take into account offending other than burglaries. CA 419/04 7 March 2005
Result
Leave to appeal refused.
31 May 2005
31 May 2005
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
BROOKING V R SC 16/2005 [31 May 2005] (PDF, 14 KB)
Judgment appealed from
Case name
Krishan Jaichandre Kanhai v The Queen
Case number
SC 20/2005
Summary
Leapfrog criminal appeal against conviction - alleged radical error of counsel in not adducing evidence of good character giving rise to a substantial miscarriage of justice - leave application made out of time - application for extension of time. CA 55/04 15 December 2004
Result
Leave to appeal dismissed.
11 May 2005
11 May 2005
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
KANHAI V R SC 20/2005 [11 May 2005] (PDF, 19 KB)
Judgment appealed from
Case name
Graham Thomas Rowe v The Queen
Case number
SC 22/2005
Summary
Appeal against conviction for offensive behaviour under s 4(1)(a) of the Summary Offences Act 1981 - whether the appellant's behaviour was sufficiently observable to amount to offensive behaviour - whether the court's finding was possible only with recourse to inadmissible prior conduct evidence - whether the absence of a legitimate purpose may be taken into account in determining whether behaviour is offensive - whether a police officer is a competent complainant in a prosecution for offensive behaviour. CA 374/04 18 April 2005
Result
Leave to appeal dismissed. 23 June 2005
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
ROWE V R SC SC 22/2005 [23 June 2005] (PDF, 15 KB)
Case name
Robert Frank Terry v The Queen
Case number
SC 23/2005
Summary
Criminal appeal against conviction - forensic analysis report only disclosed to defence at time of trial - effect of late disclosure. CA 490/04 20 April 2005
Result
Leave to appeal dismissed.
23 June 2005
23 June 2005
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
TERRY V R SC 23/2005 [23 June 2005] (PDF, 13 KB)
Judgment appealed from
Case name
Ramon Dirk Johannes de Mey v The Queen
Case number
SC 24/2005
Summary
Criminal appeal - appeal against decision of the Court of Appeal upholding conviction for common assault - whether there was a miscarriage of justice resulting from insufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict. CA 169/04 17 December 2004CA 44/05 28 April 2005
Result
Leave to appeal refused
20 May 2005
20 May 2005
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
DE MEY V R SC 24/2005 [20 May 2005] (PDF, 15 KB)
Court of Appeal decision
Judgment appealed from
Case name
Peter Joseph Thompson v The Queen
Case number
SC 25/2005
Summary
Substitution of convictions by an appellate court - whether the elements of s246(1) Crimes Act (before amendment) go beyond those contained in s229A Crimes Act (now repealed). CA 404/04 27 April 2005
Result
Leave to appeal dismissed.
23 August 2005
23 August 2005
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
THOMPSON V R SC SC 25/05 [23 August 2005] (PDF, 19 KB)
Judgment appealed from
Transcript
Case name
Anton Mark Le Page v The Queen
Case number
SC 29/2005
Summary
Criminal Law - when an appeal against conviction can lie where the appellant has entered a guilty plea and been sentenced. CA 297/04 28 April 2005
Result
Leave to appeal dismissed.
14 July 2005
14 July 2005
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
LE PAGE V R SC 29/2005 [14 July 2005] (PDF, 15 KB)
Judgment appealed from
Case name
McGrath & Forde v The Queen
Case number
SC 30/2005
Summary
Whether the applicant should be permitted to make an application for leave for direct appeal from the High Court to the Supreme Court out of time - whether the Court of Appeal wrongly held in an application for leave to appeal similar to that of the applicant that the Court had no jurisdiction to hear the appeal under s 379A(1)(aa) of the Crimes Act 1961 because, in substance, the application did not involve a challenge to the admissibility of evidence - whether the High Court judge erred in ruling certain evidence admissible despite the applicant's submission that the quality of the evidence had been affected by the way in which it was obtained - whether the High Court judge erred in refusing to grant severance and in determining the degree of evidence as to collusion or contamination required before severance will be granted. CRI 2004 009 002464, 11 March 2005
Result
Leave to appeal dismissed.
27 July 2005
27 July 2005
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
M and F V R SC 30 & 32/2005 [27 July 2005] (PDF, 19 KB)
Case name
Ramon Dirk Johannes de Mey v The Queen
Case number
SC 31/2005
Summary
Criminal appeal - appeal against decision of the Court of Appeal upholding conviction for common assault - whether there was a miscarriage of justice resulting from insufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict. CA 169/04 17 December 2004
Result
Leave to appeal dismissed.
29 June 2005
29 June 2005
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
DE MEY V R SC SC 31/2005 [29 June 2005] (PDF, 14 KB)
Judgment appealed from
Case name
M & F v The Queen
Case number
SC 32/2005
Summary
Whether the applicant should be permitted to make an application for leave for direct appeal from the High Court to the Supreme Court out of time - whether the Court of Appeal wrongly held in an application for leave to appeal similar to that of the applicant that the Court had no jurisdiction to hear the appeal under s 379A (1)(aa) of the Crimes Act 1961 because, in substance, the application did not involve a challenge to the admissibility of evidence - whether the High Court judge erred in ruling certain evidence admissible despite the applicant's submission that the quality of the evidence had been affected by the way in which it was obtained - whether the High Court judge erred in refusing to grant severance and in determining the degree of evidence as to collusion or contamination required before severance will be granted. CRI 2003 009 012476, 11 March 2005
Result
Leave to appeal dismissed.
27 July 2005
27 July 2005
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
M and F V R SC 30 & 32/2005 [27 July 2005] (PDF, 19 KB)
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