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.
16 September 2024
Case information summary 2024 (as at 13 September 2024) – Cases where leave granted (122 KB)
Case information summary 2024 (as at 13 September 2024) – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 124 KB)
All years
Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
Costs of $2,500 to be paid by the second applicant to the respondent.
25 August 2010.
Application for leave to appeal refused.
2 November 2010.2 August 2010
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The appeal is dismissed. The appellants must pay the respondent’ s costs in the sum of $25,000 together with his reasonable disbursements in connection with the appeal, as fixed by the Registrar if necessary.
24 August 2011
Hearing date : 27, 28,29 June 2011
Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath, Young JJ.
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The appeal is dismissed. The appellant is to pay the respondent costs in the sum of $15,000 plus disbursements to be fixed if necessary by the Registrar.
20 December 2011
- MR [2011] NZSC 158 (PDF, 84 KB)
Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath, Gault JJ.
16 September 2011
Hearing date : 17 August 2011
Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath, Anderson JJ.
The application for leave to appeal is granted.
The approved ground of appeal is whether the word “negligent” qualifies the words “error or omission” in the indemnity clause.
8 September 2010.
The appeal to the Court of Appeal is reinstated. The proceeding is remitted to the Court of Appeal for hearing.
The costs order in the Court of Appeal is set aside.
18 March 2011
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The application by the first respondents for recall is dismissed.
15 July 2011
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Application by the appellant for recall is dismissed.
25 November 2015
Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath, Anderson JJ.
Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
16 July 2010.
Notice of abandonment being lodged, the appeal and cross appeal are deemed to be dismissed. By consent, no order as to costs.
20 September 2010
Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
3 August 2010.