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.
30 June 2011.The approved grounds are:
(i) whether the laying of the informations on the discharge counts required leave of a District Court Judge or Registrar under s 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957; and
(ii) if so, whether in the absence of such leave prior to the laying of the informations the proceedings were validated by s 204 of that Act.
5 August 2011
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Appeal dismissed.
3 April 2012
Elias CJ, Blanchard, McGrath, William Young, Gault JJ.
Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
3 June 2011.Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
20 May 20117 July 2011.
Costs of $15,000 plus disbursement to the respondent.
10 May 2012.
- media release sc 52 2011 thompson v cir (PDF, 95 KB)
A When did the appellant become entitled to be de-registered for GST purposes?
B In light of that determination, and the circumstances in which they took place, did the second and third sales of land attract GST?
22 August 2011.
Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath, William Young JJ.
Decision reserved.
Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
2 June 2011.
Application for leave to appeal dismissed. Costs to the respondent in the sum of $1500.00 plus disbursements.
27 June 2011.Costs $2,500 to the second respondent.
26 August 2011.
B The approved ground of appeal is whether the trial Judge should have directed the jury that they could not convict the appellant unless satisfied that he knew the principal offender was carrying a knife.
15 August 2011
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Appeal dismissed.
20 December 2011
- edmonds press release (PDF, 86 KB)
Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath, William Young JJ.