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
Red Stag Timber Limited v Juken New Zealand Limited
Case number
SC 81/2023
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.
25 October 2023
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
25 October 2023
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Mohannad Hasan Toubat v Hasan Mohammed Hasan Toubat
Case number
SC 82/2023
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.
15 August 2023
B There is no order as to costs.
15 August 2023
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Rakesh Chand v The King
Case number
SC 83/2023
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A notice of abandonment having been filed, the application for leave to appeal is deemed to be dismissed.
28 August 2023
28 August 2023
District Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Dermot Gregory Nottingham and Robert Earle McKinney v Attorney-General
Case number
SC 84/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring a civil appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicants must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
18 December 2023
B The applicants must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
18 December 2023
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
W v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections
Case number
SC 85/2023
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.
5 October 2022
5 October 2022
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Vijendra Prasad v The King
Case number
SC 86/2023
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A notice of abandonment having been filed, the application for leave to appeal is deemed to be dismissed. 18 August 2023
District Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Richard Rajesh Kumar v The King
Case number
SC 87/2023
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
24 July 2024
24 July 2024
District Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
RICHARD RAJESH KUMAR v R [2024] NZSC 78 [24 July 2024] (PDF, 182 KB)
Case name
Phillip John Smith v The King
Case number
SC 88/2023
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.
17 October 2023
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
17 October 2023
District Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
PHILLIP JOHN SMITH v R [2023] NZSC 134 [17 October 2023] (PDF, 196 KB)
Case name
Sandy Zhujun Dai v Professional Conduct Committee of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants
Case number
SC 89/2023
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.
22 April 2024
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A The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 22 April 2024 (Dai v Professional Conduct Committee of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants [2024] NZSC 38) is dismissed.
B The application for review of the Registrar’s decision not to accept for filing a second application for leave is dismissed.
C There is no order as to costs.
6 September 2024
B There is no order as to costs.
22 April 2024
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A The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 22 April 2024 (Dai v Professional Conduct Committee of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants [2024] NZSC 38) is dismissed.
B The application for review of the Registrar’s decision not to accept for filing a second application for leave is dismissed.
C There is no order as to costs.
6 September 2024
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Recall judgment
Supreme court decision
Case name
Jane Alison Farish v The King
Case number
SC 90/2023
Summary
Criminal Appeal
Result
A Leave is granted in part (Dallison v R [2023] NZCA 282).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal erred in declining to make the order sought by the applicant under s 205(2)(c) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.
C The application for leave to appeal is otherwise dismissed.
D We make an order prohibiting publication of the applicant’s name, address, occupation and identifying particulars and of the information to which the application under s 205(2)(c) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 relates until final resolution of the appeal to this Court.
30 October 2023
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A The appeal is allowed.
B We make an order prohibiting publication of this judgment, the media release and the minutes, and any information therein, until the judgment is delivered at 2.00 pm on 11 June 2024.
C We make an order prohibiting publication of certain evidence and submissions contained in this judgment pursuant to s 205 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011. See paragraph [82].
D We make an order redacting parts of the judgment that is made publicly available.
E We make an order that the files for this appeal are not to be searched without the leave of a Judge of this Court.
11 June 2024
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal erred in declining to make the order sought by the applicant under s 205(2)(c) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.
C The application for leave to appeal is otherwise dismissed.
D We make an order prohibiting publication of the applicant’s name, address, occupation and identifying particulars and of the information to which the application under s 205(2)(c) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 relates until final resolution of the appeal to this Court.
30 October 2023
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A The appeal is allowed.
B We make an order prohibiting publication of this judgment, the media release and the minutes, and any information therein, until the judgment is delivered at 2.00 pm on 11 June 2024.
C We make an order prohibiting publication of certain evidence and submissions contained in this judgment pursuant to s 205 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011. See paragraph [82].
D We make an order redacting parts of the judgment that is made publicly available.
E We make an order that the files for this appeal are not to be searched without the leave of a Judge of this Court.
11 June 2024
Date of hearing
28 February 2024
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, Ellen France, Williams and Miller JJ
Case Synopses
- Hearing date 28 February 2024 SC 90/2023 (PDF, 475 KB)
Media Releases
- MR [2024] NZSC 65 (PDF, 333 KB)
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave granted
F (SC 90/2023) v R [2023] NZSC 143 [30 October 2023] (PDF, 166 KB)
Substantive judgment
JANE ALISON FARISH v R [2024] NZSC 65 [11 June 2024] (PDF, 316 KB)
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