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
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was right to dismiss the appeal on the mode of trial point.
30 July 2018
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The appeal is dismissed.
20 December 2018
- Hearing date 16 October 2018 (PDF, 232 KB)
- MR [2018] NZSC 124 (PDF, 288 KB)
A Notice of Abandonment having being lodged the appeal is deemed to be dismissed.
12 November 2018
31 May 2018
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.
15 June 2018
Not publicly available
B Costs of $2,500 are awarded to the respondent.
29 August 2018
Not publicly available
B The applicant is to pay costs of $2,500 to the respondent.
8 August 2018
B The applicant is to pay costs of $2,500 to the first respondent.
8 August 2018
3 August 2018