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 applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
19 February 2019
B The approved question is whether, in dealing with delay, the Court of Appeal correctly dealt with the age of the appellant (including the application of s 322 of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989).
21 February 2019
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The appeal is dismissed.
3 July 2019
- MR [2019] NZSC 69 (PDF, 65 KB)
22 February 2019
13 February 2019
B The applicant must pay the second respondent costs of $2,500.
26 February 2019
B The applicant must pay costs of $2,500 to the fourth respondent.
14 March 2019
B The approved ground of appeal is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal.
21 February 2019
- Hearing date 16 May 2019 (PDF, 388 KB)
- MR [2019] NZSC 98 (PDF, 72 KB)
B There is no award of costs.
20 December 2018
5 March 2019
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was in error in setting aside the declarations made at [86] of the judgment of the High Court (Rangitira Developments Ltd v Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society Ltd [2018] NZHC 146, (2018) ELRNZ 312).
20 February 2019
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A Leave to appeal is revoked.
B Costs of $6,000 plus usual disbursements are awarded to the respondent.
C Leave is reserved to apply again for leave to appeal if the proposed appeal is no longer moot.
26 July 2019
- Hearing date 8 July 2019 (PDF, 131 KB)
- MR [2020] NZSC 66 (PDF, 125 KB)