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
W (SC 120/2022) v The King
Case number
SC 120/2022
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
12 May 2023
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Michael Rawiri Taia v Auckland Standards Committee 5 and Southland Standards Committee
Case number
SC 121/2022
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 respondents costs of $2,000.
9 March 2023
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Case name
DFT v JDN
Case number
SC 122/2022
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
17 February 2023
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
M (SC 123/2022) v The King and Anor
Case number
SC 123/2022
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
14 March 2023
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Corey John Taylor v The King
Case number
SC 124/2022
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
8 March 2023
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Rodney George Martel v The King
Case number
SC 125/2022
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal is dismissed.
5 May 2023
Case name
DFT v RMC, Attorney-General and Family Court at Manukau
Case number
SC 126/2022
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 respondents costs of $2,500.
17 February 2023
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Jayson Wiremu Poihipi v The King
Case number
SC 127/2022
Summary
Criminal appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for an extension of time for leave to appeal is granted.
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
28 February 2023
Case name
Dermot Gregory Nottingham, Phillip Raymond Nottingham and Robert Earle McKinney v The Real Estate Agents Authority and Martin Russel Honey
Case number
SC 128/2022
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicants must pay costs of $1,250 to each of the respondents.
11 May 2023
Case name
SRG Global Remediation Services (NZ) Limited v Body Corporate 197281 and Maynard Marks Limited and Hobanz Project Assist Limited and Hellaby Resource Services Limited
Case number
SC 129/2022
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal by SRG Global Remediation Services (NZ) Ltd (SRG) is dismissed.
B The application for leave to appeal by Body Corporate 197281 (the Body Corporate) is dismissed.
C There is no order as to costs in relation to the applications for leave.
D The application for a stay under r 30(5) of the Supreme Court Rules 2004 by the Body Corporate is dismissed.
E The Body Corporate must pay SRG costs of $2,500 in relation to the stay application.
20 March 2023