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)

2023

Case name
Joseph Karaitiana Wheeler v The King
Case number
SC 141/2023
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
27 June 2024
High Court decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Beena Jyatin Tailor v Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Case number
SC 142/2023
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 respondent one set of costs of $2,500.
16 February 2024
Case name
Jyotin Tailor v Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Case number
SC 143/2023
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 respondent one set of costs of $2,500.
16 February 2024
Case name
Grahame Douglas Christian v Murray Ian Bain
Case number
SC 144/2023
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.
18 April 2024
Case name
Graham Herbert Taylor v Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Case number
SC 145/2023
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 dismissed.
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
30 April 2024
Case name
Quentin Stobart Haines, BPE Trustees (No 1) Limited and Quentin Haines Properties Limited v Roy William Bassett-Burr
Case number
SC 146/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicants must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
14 May 2024
Case name
Brett David Grinder v Attorney-General and New Zealand Parole Board
Case number
SC 147/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal
Result
A Leave to appeal is granted (Attorney-General v Grinder [2023] NZCA 596).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to allow the appeal and in particular the proper approach to the imposition, variation or discharge of special conditions when a person subject to preventive detention is granted release on parole.
6 May 2024
Date of hearing
22 October 2024
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, Ellen France, Williams, Kós & Miller JJ
Case name
Sai Kumar Sachu v The King
Case number
SC 148/2023
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
25 March 2024
District Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Christopher Joseph O'Neill v Christopher John Hipkins and David William Parker
Case number
SC 149/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
9 May 2024