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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.

8 November 2024

Case information summary 2024 (as at 8 November 2024) –  Cases where leave granted (126 KB)
Case information summary 2024 (as at 8 November 2024)  – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 116 KB)

2015

Case name
JCS Cost Management Ltd and Stephen Roy Johnston v QBE Insurance (International) Ltd
Case number
SC 141/2015
Summary
Civil Appeal – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its approach to interpreting the insurance policy.[2015] NZCA 524  CA 698/20014
Result
Leave to appeal JCS Cost Management Ltd v QBE Insurance (International) Ltd [2015] NZCA 524 is granted. The approved question is whether the majority in the Court of Appeal was correct to conclude that the putative liability did not arise out of conduct that occurred in connection with the insured’s Professional Business Practice.
4 April 2016
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Notice of abandonment of appeal being lodged, the appeal is deemed to be dismissed.  
25 May 2016
Leave judgment - leave granted
JCS COST MANAGEMENT LIMITED v QBE INSURANCE (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED [2016] NZSC 32    4 April 2016 (PDF, 111 KB)
Judgment appealed from

JCS COST MANAGEMENT LTD v QBE INSURANCE (INTERNATIONAL) LTD [2015] NZCA 524   9 December 2015
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