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
Leave to appeal is granted.
The approved ground is whether New Zealand courts have inherent power or jurisdiction to suppress judgments in criminal cases.
19 July 2012
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Appeal dismissed.Mr Siemer must surrender at the Registry of the High Court at Auckland at 9.00 am on Monday 16 July 2013.
12 July 2013
Hearing date : 15 November 2012
Hearing date : 14 February 2013
Elias CJ, McGrath, William Young, Chambers Glazebrook JJ
The application for leave to appeal is refused.
The applicant is to pay the First and Second Respondents costs of $2500.00.
18 July 2012.
27 July 2012.
4 July 2012.
Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
24 August 2012
The application to recall this Court’s judgment is dismissed.
16 October 2012
The application for recall of this Court’s judgment ([2012] NZSC 76) is dismissed.
2 December 2015
The application for leave to appeal is granted.
The approved ground is whether the Court of Appeal was correct in its interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the Public Works Act 1981 in the circumstances of this case?
25 July 2012
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A The appeal is allowed.
B The judgment of the Court of Appeal is set aside.
C The orders made in the High Court are restored.
D The respondent is to pay the appellant, with respect to costs in this Court, the sum of $25,000 together with disbursements to be fixed, if necessary, by the Registrar.
E If the parties cannot agree on costs in the Court of Appeal, the Court of Appeal must fix them.
29 April 2013
Hearing date : 13 November 2012
Elias CJ, McGrath, William Young, Chambers, Glazebrook JJ.
14 October 2012.
Leave to appeal is granted.
The approved grounds are whether under the Commerce Act 1986 the s 54K(3) power:
(i) is able to be exercised in the manner provided for in s 53P(3)(b) in the absence of a published input methodology (or methodologies) specific to starting price adjustment under s 53P(3)(b); and, if so:
(ii) permits change only to the extent necessitated by the newly published input methodology relied on by the Commission.
14 August 2012
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The appeal is dismissed.
The appellant is to pay the respondent costs of $40,000 together with disbursements to be fixed, if necessary, by the Registrar.
15 November 2012
Hearing dates : 9 and 10 October 2012
McGrath, William Young, Glazebrook, Blanchard, Anderson JJ.