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.

23 December 2024

Case information summary 2024 (as at 6 December 2024) –  Cases where leave granted (126 KB)
Case information summary 2024 (as at 6 December 2024)  – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 116 KB)

2024

Case name
R (SC 121/2024) v The King
Case number
SC 121/2024
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
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
B(SC 122/2024) v The King
Case number
SC 122/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Tony James Sofus Pascoe and Debbie Ann Pascoe v The Minister for Land Information
Case number
SC 123/2024
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Case name
David Grant Sinclair v The King
Case number
SC 124/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Case name
Mathew Raymond Charles Watson v The King
Case number
SC 125/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring appeal
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Jianzhong Cheng v The King
Case number
SC 126/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring appeal
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Kea Investments Limited v Kenneth David Wikeley, Wikeley Familt Trustee Limited (in interm liquidation), Eric John Watson, Wikeley Incorporated and USA Asset Holdings Incorporated
Case number
SC 127/2024
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring appeal
Case name
NZME Publishing Limited v Brenton Harrison Tarrant, The King and Lawyers A and B
Case number
SC 128/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring appeal
Case name
Rore Pat Stafford v Attorney General, Accident Compesation Corporation, Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Tecgnology, Fire and Emergency New Zealand, Ngāti Apa Ki Te Rā Tō Charitable Trust and Kāinga Ora –
Case number
SC 129/2024
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring appeal
High Court decision
Case name
Tommi Peter Gallacher v The King
Case number
SC 130/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring appeal
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision