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)
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Case name
Paul Malcolm Johnson v The Queen
Case number
SC 73/2021
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
10 December 2021
10 December 2021
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
B (SC 74/2021) v ALA (SC 74/2021)
Case number
SC 74/2021
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 respondent costs of $2,500.
27 August 2021
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
27 August 2021
Employment Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Deo Datt Sharma v Nirmala Wati
Case number
SC 75/2021
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 respondent costs of $2,500.
30 August 2021
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
30 August 2021
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Antony Ivo Arnerich v DHC Assets Limited
Case number
SC 76/2021
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 respondent costs of $2,500.
20 September 2021
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
20 September 2021
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Lloyd Alexander McIntosh v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections
Case number
SC 77/2021
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
27 October 2021
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The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 27 October 2021 (McIntosh v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections [2021] NZSC 142) is dismissed.
3 December 2021
27 October 2021
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The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 27 October 2021 (McIntosh v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections [2021] NZSC 142) is dismissed.
3 December 2021
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Recall judgment
Case name
Thecircle.co.nz Limited and David Alan Johnson v Trends Publishing Limited (In Liquidation and in receivership) and Callaghan Innovation
Case number
SC 78/2021
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Civil Appeal - Respondents application for leave to bring an appeal
Civil Appeal - Respondents application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The application for leave to cross appeal is dismissed.
C There is no order as to costs.
2 November 2021
B The application for leave to cross appeal is dismissed.
C There is no order as to costs.
2 November 2021
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Jiawen Mao v Hyun Bin Kim and Duk Young Lee
Case number
SC 79/2021
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.
21 September 2021
B The applicant must pay the respondents costs of $2,500.
21 September 2021
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Vincent Jacob Middeldorp v Avondale Jockey Club Incorporated
Case number
SC 80/2021
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 respondent costs of $2,500.
17 September 2021
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
17 September 2021
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Pauline Janice Harrison v Adrienne Harrison, Graeme Ross Harrison, Nicholas Hamilton Birdsey, Raymond Owen Parmenter, Childfund New Zealand Limited and ASB Bank Limited
Case number
SC 81/2021
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
13 September 2021
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The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 13 September 2021 (Harrison v Harrison [2021] NZSC 115) is dismissed.
14 October 2021
13 September 2021
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The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 13 September 2021 (Harrison v Harrison [2021] NZSC 115) is dismissed.
14 October 2021
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Recall judgment
Case name
Benjamin Morland Easton v Registrar of the High Court of New Zealand
Case number
SC 82/2021
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal is granted.
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
C The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
22 September 2021
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A The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 22 September 2021 (Easton v Registrar of the High Court of New Zealand [2021] NZSC 123) is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
22 July 2022
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
C The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
22 September 2021
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A The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 22 September 2021 (Easton v Registrar of the High Court of New Zealand [2021] NZSC 123) is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
22 July 2022
High Court decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Recall judgment
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