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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.

23 December 2024

Case information summary 2024 (as at 23 December 2024) –  Cases where leave granted (126 KB)
Case information summary 2024 (as at 23 December 2024)  – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 116 KB)

2009

Case name
Janice Mary Menere v Jackson Mews Management Limited
Case number
SC 121/2009
Summary
Civil Appeal – Property Law Act 1952, s 81 – Property Law Act 2007, s 97 – Unit Titles – Mortgages – Whether relevant form of encumbrances can ever be discharged - Whether encumbrances in question ought to be discharged – Whether Court of Appeal was wrong to decide that the rights of the intended appellant to redemption under s 81 of the Property Law Act 1952 had been taken away by the repeal of the Act.[2009] NZCA 563 CA 690/2009   27 November 2009
Result
Application for leave to appeal dismissed. 16 April 2010
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
MERERE v JACKSON MEWS MANAGEMENT LIMITED SC 121/2009 [16 April 2010] (PDF, 49 KB)
High Court decision
JANICE MARY MENERE, RUPERT OLIVER SMITH AND KELLEE ANN MENERE V JACKSON MEWS MANAGEMENT LIMITED HC WN CIV 2008-485-562 6 October 2008
Judgment appealed from

JACKSON MEWS MANAGEMENT LTD V MENERE & ORS CA CA690/2008 27 November 2009
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