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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)

All years

Case name
Jiaxin Tu v The King
Case number
SC 35/2023
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
23 February 2024
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
TU v R [2023] NZCA 53 [13 March 2023]
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
JIAXIN TU v R [2024] NZSC 15 [23 February 2024] (PDF, 165 KB)
Case name
Te Whānau a Kai Trust v Gisborne District Council
Case number
SC 36/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
29 June 2023
Additional document
Te Whanau a Kai Trust v Gisborne District Council [2021] NZEnvC 115 (4 August 2021)
High Court decision
TE WHĀNAU A KAI TRUST v GISBORNE DISTRICT COUNCIL [2022] NZHC 1462 [23 June 2022]
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
TE WHĀNAU A KAI TRUST v GISBORNE DISTRICT COUNCIL [2023] NZSC 77 [29 June 2023] (PDF, 226 KB)
Case name
Jesse Shane Kempson v The King
Case number
SC 37/2023
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. 22 September 2023
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
JESSE SHANE KEMPSON v R [2023] NZCA 78 [27 March 2023]
Case name
Estate of Eric John Tupai Ruru and Alan Parekura Torohina Haronga v Attorney-General, Waitangi Tribunal, Tanya Rogers and David Brown, Owen Lloyd, David Thomas Hawea and Anthony Tapp
Case number
SC 38/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicants must pay the first respondent one set of costs of $2,500.
5 July 2023
High Court decision
ATTORNEY GENERAL v WAITANGI TRIBUNAL [2023] NZHC 132 [17 February 2023]
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
ESTATE OF ERIC JOHN TUPAI RURU v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2023] NZSC 82 [5 July 2023] (PDF, 242 KB)
Case name
Selaima Fakaosilea v The King
Case number
SC 39/2023
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 (R v F [2018] NZHC 3377) is dismissed.
B The application for leave to appeal (Fakaosilea v R [2021] NZCA 401) is dismissed.
30 August 2023
High Court decision
R v CULLEN & FAKAOSILEA [2019] NZHC 2088 [21 August 2019]
Court of Appeal decision
SELAIMA FAKAOSILEA v R [2021] NZCA 401 [24 August 2021]
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
SELAIMA FAKAOSILEA v R [2023] NZSC 115 [30 August 2023] (PDF, 183 KB)
Case name
N v The King
Case number
SC 40/2023
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.
26 May 2023
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
D (SC 41/2023) v Auckland District Court and N
Case number
SC 41/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B We make no order as to costs.
7 July 2023
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
[2023] NZCA 130
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
D (SC 41/2023) v AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT [2023] NZSC 83 [7 July 2023] (PDF, 144 KB)
Case name
D (SC 42/2023) v Family Court at Manukau and N (SC 42/2023)
Case number
SC 42/2023
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.
4 July 2023
High Court decision
D v FAMILY COURT AT MANUKAU [2021] NZHC 2326 [7 September 2021]
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
D (SC 42/2023) v FAMILY COURT AT MANUKAU [2023] NZSC 81 [4 July 2023] (PDF, 176 KB)
Case name
Matthew Robert Davey v Bank of New Zealand
Case number
SC 43/2023
Summary
Civil 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. 21 July 2023
High Court decision
BANK OF NEW ZEALAND v DAVEY [2021] NZHC 1854 [21 July 2021]
Court of Appeal decision
DAVEY v BANK OF NEW ZEALAND [2023] NZCA 86 [30 March 2023]
Case name
Ngoc Hong Truong v The King
Case number
SC 44/2023
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
4 September 2023
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
NGOC HONG TRUONG v R [2023] NZSC 119 [4 September 2023] (PDF, 171 KB)
Court of Appeal decision
NGOC HONG TRUONG v R [2023] NZCA 97 [5 April 2023]
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