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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.

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

Case name
M v The Queen
Case number
SC 53/2021
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.
17 June 2021
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
John Alfred Dowden v Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Case number
SC 54/2021
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
15 July 2021
High Court decision
DOWDEN v COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE [2019] NZHC 2729 [24 October 2019]
Court of Appeal decision
DOWDEN v COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE [2020] NZCA 630 [8 December 2020]]
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
JOHN ALFRED DOWDEN v COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE [2021] NZSC 86 [15 July 2021] (PDF, 169 KB)
Case name
Rhys Richard Ngahiwi Warren v The Queen
Case number
SC 55/2021
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal is dismissed.
5 July 2021
High Court decision
R v WARREN [2017] NZHC 1913 [11 August 2017]
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
RHYS RICHARD NGAHIWI WARREN v R [2021] NZSC 79 [5 July 2021] (PDF, 157 KB)
Case name
M (SC 56/2021) v The Queen
Case number
SC 56/2021
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.
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Malcolm Bruce Moncrief-Spittle and David Cumin v Regional Facilities Auckland Ltd and Auckland Council
Case number
SC 57/2021
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A Leave to appeal is granted (Moncrief Spittle v Regional Facilities Auckland Ltd [2021] NZCA 142).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal against the High Court’s substantive decision.
5 August 2021
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A The appeal is dismissed.
B Leave to adduce the affidavit of 18 February 2022 of David Cumin is declined.
C Costs are reserved.
5 December 2022
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The appellants must pay the respondents costs of $10,000.
14 March 2023
Date of hearing
21 February 2022 - 22 February 2022
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, William Young, Glazebrook . O'Regan and Ellen France JJ
Transcripts
Case Synopses
Media Releases
High Court decision
MONCRIEF-SPITTLE v REGIONAL FACILITIES AUCKLAND LIMITED [2019] NZHC 2828 [1 November 2019]
Court of Appeal decision
MONCRIEF-SPITTLE v REGIONAL FACILITIES AUCKLAND LIMITED [2021] NZCA 142 [30 April 2021]
Leave judgment - leave granted
MALCOLM BRUCE MONCRIEF-SPITTLE v REGIONAL FACILITIES AUCKLAND LIMITED [2021] NZSC 94 [5 August 2021 (PDF, 139 KB)
Substantive judgment
MALCOLM BRUCE MONCRIEF-SPITTLE v REGIONAL FACILITIES AUCKLAND LIMITED [2022] NZSC 138 [5 December 2022] (PDF, 300 KB)
Supreme court decision
costs: MALCOLM BRUCE MONCRIEF-SPITTLE v REGIONAL FACILITIES AUCKLAND LIMITED [2023] NZSC 20 [14 March 2023] (PDF, 176 KB)
Case name
Levi Bartlett v The Queen
Case number
SC 58/2021
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.
23 July 2021
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
BARTLETT v R [2021] NZCA 152 [30 April 2021]
Case name
Peter William Mawhinney v Auckland Council
Case number
SC 59/2021
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to amend the application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
C The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
21 September 2021
High Court decision
AUCKLAND COUNCIL v MAWHINNEY [2019] NZHC 299 [28 February 2019]
Court of Appeal decision
MAWHINNEY v AUCKLAND COUNCIL [2021] NZCA 144 [29 April 2021]
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
PETER WILLIAM MAWHINNEY v AUCKLAND COUNCIL [2021] NZSC 122 [21 September 2021] (PDF, 211 KB)
Case name
H (SC 60/2021) v The Queen
Case number
SC 60/2021
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.
8 July 2021
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Colin Craig v Rachel Joy MacGregor
Case number
SC 61/2021
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
9 September 2021
High Court decision
CRAIG v MACGREGOR [2019] NZHC 2247 [6 September 2019]
Court of Appeal decision
CRAIG v MACGREGOR [2021] NZCA 156 [4 May 2021]
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
COLIN GRAEME CRAIG v RACHEL JOY MACGREGOR [2021] NZSC 112 [9 September 2021] (PDF, 181 KB)
Case name
C (SC 62/2021) v The Queen
Case number
SC 62/2021
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.minal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal.
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
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