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
19 November 2014
Application for leave to appeal granted.
The approved ground of appeal is whether the Court of Appeal was correct in holding no substantial miscarriage of justice had occurred, notwithstanding the error in the jury being given and reading the two interview transcripts which had not been put into evidence.
20 December 2012.
10 April 2013
Elias CJ, McGrath, William Young, Chambers, Glazebrook JJ.
Decision reserved.
Rehearing directed. 14 November 2013.
7 October 2014.
Elias CJ, McGrath, William Young, Glazebrook, O’Regan JJ.
Decision reserved.
28 November 2012.
Costs $2,500 plus disbursements to the respondents.
6 November 2012.
28 November 2012.
13 March 2013.
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
The applicant must pay to the respondent costs of $2,500, together with reasonable disbursements, to be fixed, if necessary, by the Registrar.
14 December 2012
The application for leave is dismissed.
Costs of $2,500 plus reasonable disbursements as fixed by the Registrar are awarded to the respondent.
19 December 2012.
Leave to appeal direct to this Court, against the High Court’s judgment, is granted.
The approved ground of appeal is whether, under s 104(1)(a) of the Resource Management Act 1991, the decision-makers in the consent proceedings were required or able to have regard to the effects on climate change of discharge of greenhouse gases arising from end use of coal that will be extracted if consent is upheld.
28 November 2012
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The appeal is dismissed.
Costs are reserved.
19 September 2013
Hearing dates : 12 and 13 March 2013
Elias CJ, McGrath, William Young, Chambers, Glazebrook JJ.
Notice of abandonment being lodged, the application for leave to appeal is deemed to be dismissed.
4 April 2013.