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
23 May 2012.
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
The applicant is to pay costs of $5,000 to the respondents, plus all reasonable disbursements, to be fixed if necessary by the Registrar.
3 October 2012.
18 June 2012.
We grant leave to appeal.
The approved question is:
Were the applicants required to pay the GST on the sales to the Commissioner of Inland Revenue?
25 July 2012
23 October 2012.
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
Costs are reserved, with the respondent to submit a memorandum within seven days as to the costs sought and the applicant to reply within a further seven days.
4 July 2012.
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs of $1,000 payable to each set of respondents making submissions.
24 July 2012.
The applicant is to pay costs of $5,000 to the respondent Commissioner plus all reasonable disbursements to be fixed if necessary by the Registrar.
13 August 2012.
11 July 2012.
Leave to appeal is granted.
The approved questions are whether the Court of Appeal was wrong:
(i) to make no order for costs in respect of the appeal; and
(ii) to give no reasons.
19 July 2012
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The appeal is allowed.
The respondent must pay to the appellant, with respect to costs in the Court of Appeal, costs of $12,220, plus disbursements of $5,051.73.
By agreement, no order as to costs in this Court.
4 December 2012
McGrath, William Young, Chambers, Glazebrook JJ.