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)
2021
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
Case name
D (SC 83/2021) v High Court Auckland
Case number
SC 83/2021
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
09 August 2021
09 August 2021
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
P (SC 84/2021) v The Queen
Case number
SC 84/2021
Summary
Order prohibiting publication of the judgment and any part of the proceedings (including the result) in news media or on the internet or other publicly available database until final disposition of trial. Publication in law report or law digest permitted.
Result
Order prohibiting publication of the judgment and any part of the proceedings (including the result) in news media or on the internet or other publicly available database until final disposition of trial. Publication in law report or law digest permitted.
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
C (SC 85/2021) v The Queen
Case number
SC 85/2021
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.
10 December 2021
10 December 2021
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
C (SC 85/2021) v R [2021] NZSC 177 [10 December 2021] (PDF, 165 KB)
Case name
Ikon Building Co-operation Limited v Pourushasp Rohinton Dumasia and David Hilliam
Case number
SC 86/2021
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 one set of costs of $2,500.
13 October 2021
B The applicant must pay the respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
13 October 2021
High Court decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Cody Huritu v New Zealand Police
Case number
SC 87/2021
Summary
Criminal 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 applications for leave to intervene by the Auckland District Law Society Inc and the Criminal Bar Association of New Zealand are dismissed.
24 September 2021
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
C The applications for leave to intervene by the Auckland District Law Society Inc and the Criminal Bar Association of New Zealand are dismissed.
24 September 2021
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Mathias Ortmann and Bram Van der Kolk v The United States of America and The District Court at North Shore
Case number
SC 88/2021
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The applications for leave to appeal are dismissed.
B The applicants must pay the first respondent one set of costs of $2,500.
21 December 2021
B The applicants must pay the first respondent one set of costs of $2,500.
21 December 2021
Media Releases
- MR [2021] NZSC 187 (PDF, 190 KB)
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Gary Owen Burgess
Case number
SC 89/2021
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 There is no order as to costs.
5 October 2021
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
C There is no order as to costs.
5 October 2021
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
GARY OWEN BURGESS [2021] NZSC 128 [5 October 2021] (PDF, 163 KB)
Case name
Kim Dotcom v The United States of America and The District Court at North Shore
Case number
SC 90/2021
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The applications for leave to appeal are dismissed.
B The applicants must pay the first respondent one set of costs of $2,500.
21 December 2021
B The applicants must pay the first respondent one set of costs of $2,500.
21 December 2021
Media Releases
- MR [2021] NZSC 187 (PDF, 190 KB)
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
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