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.
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.
Leave to appeal is granted.
The approved ground is whether the Courts below were correct to dismiss the proceeding because the alleged deficiencies in the request to surrender and the application for a provisional warrant were not suitable for determination on a habeas corpus application.
16 November 2012
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The appeal is dismissed. No order for costs.
20 December 2012
Elias CJ, McGrath, William Young, Glazebrook, Arnold JJ.
Decision reserved.
Leave to appeal is granted on the following ground:
Was r 15.16 of the High Court Rules correctly applied?
15 March 2013.
A The application for leave to appeal is granted.
B The approved ground is: was the Court of Appeal correct to find no substantial miscarriage of justice occurred despite the error in the Judge’s direction under s 126 of the Evidence Act 2006?
18 April 2013
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Elias CJ, McGrath, William Young, Glazebrook, Arnold JJ.
11 March 2013
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Appeal allowed, conviction quashed.
New trial ordered.
30 October 2014
- Hearing date 4 July 2013 (PDF, 442 KB)
- MR [2014] NZSC 153 (PDF, 262 KB)
Leave to appeal is granted on the following ground:
Were the views expressed by the Court of Appeal in its judgment [2012] NZCA 533 at [55]-[68] and [96]-[97] of its reasons correct?
8 March 2013
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A The appeal against the Court of Appeal’s determination that a political purpose cannot be a charitable purpose is allowed.
B The appeal against the Court of Appeal’ s determination that purposes or activities that are illegal or unlawful preclude charitable status is dismissed.
C The matter of the charitable status of the objects of Greenpeace of New Zealand Inc is remitted to the chief executive of the Department of Internal Affairs and the Charities Board for reconsideration in light of this decision.
D No order for costs is made.
6 August 2014
Elias CJ, McGrath, William Young, Glazebrook, Arnold JJ.
Leave to appeal, and to appeal direct to this Court, is granted.
The approved ground of appeal is whether the High Court was right to dismiss the application for review.
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Appeal dismissed. No order as to costs.
27 February 2013
Hearing date : 1 February 2013
Elias CJ, McGrath, William Young, Chambers, Glazebrook JJ.
Leave to appeal is granted on the following ground:
Are the claims of some or all of the shareholders represented by the First Respondent (Mr Houghton) time-barred by virtue of limitation provisions in the Limitation Act 1950 or the Fair Trading Act 1986?
8 April 2013
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The appeal is dismissed.
Costs of $25,000 are awarded to the first respondent plus usual disbursements (to be set by the Registrar if necessary). The appellants and the second and fourth respondents are liable jointly and severally for the costs and disbursements. We certify for second counsel.
9 April 2014
Hearing date : 15 October 2013
Elias CJ, McGrath, Glazebrook, Arnold, Gault, Anderson JJ.