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.
24 June 2024
Case information summary 2024 (as at 21 June 2024) – Cases where leave granted (121 KB)
Case information summary 2024 (as at 21 June 2024) – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 125 KB)
All years
Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
15 October 2013.
Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
10 June 2013
Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
8 May 2013.
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2500 together with all reasonable disbursements to be fixed if necessary by the Registrar.
11 April 2013.
The approved ground is:
Should the arbitral award have been set aside?
2 July 2013
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A The appeal is allowed and the judgment of the High Court setting aside the award of 9 May 2011 is reinstated.
B The respondent must pay to the appellants costs in this court of $25,000 together with reasonable disbursements.
C The order for costs in the Court of Appeal is set aside and the respondent is to pay the appellants’ costs in that Court and the High Court to be fixed by those courts.
20 June 2014
- Hearing date 28 November 2013 (PDF, 582 KB)
Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
11 June 2013.
Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
2 July 2013.
A Leave to appeal is granted.
B The approved ground is: was the Court of Appeal correct to hold that the disclosure orders made in the District Court and upheld by the High Court were wrongly made?
16 May 2013
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Appeal dismissed.
Costs reserved
21 March 2014
Elias CJ, McGrath, William Young, Glazebrook, Blanchard JJ.
Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
Costs $2,500 plus reasonable disbursements to the respondents.
9 July 2013.
Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
12 June 2013.