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.

16 September 2024

Case information summary 2024 (as at 13 September 2024) –  Cases where leave granted (122 KB)
Case information summary 2024 (as at 13 September 2024)  – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 124 KB)

2024

Case name
Amitesh Kumar Sharma v Auckland Council
Case number
SC 91/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Pierre John Parsons v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections
Case number
SC 92/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Case name
ASB Bank Limited v Anthony Paul Simons, Andrew John Bevan and Mei Lim, Philip Charles Dunbar and Sheryn Valeri Dunbar, Bruno Robert Bickerdike and Emma Renae Punter and Glenn Jonathan Marvin and Anna Mary Cuthbert
Case number
SC 93/2024
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Case name
Harry Memelink v Body Corporate 68792
Case number
SC 94/2024
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Rueben Teika v Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand
Case number
SC 95/2024
Summary
Civil appeal - Habeas Corpus - Application for leave to bring appeal
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Kaiya Frances Shute v The King
Case number
SC 96/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
P (SC 97/2024) v The King
Case number
SC 97/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
High Court decision
Case name
Daljeet Singh v The King
Case number
SC 98/2024
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
Arena Alceon NZ Credit Partners, LLC and Quaestor Advisors, LLC v Damien Mitchell Grant and Adam Stevenson Botterill as Liquidators of Ormiston Rise Limited (in receivership and liquidation) and Damien Mitchell Grant and Adam Stevenson Botterill as Liquid
Case number
SC 99/2024
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Case name
Adrian Neil Page and Julie Maree Crosbie v Greater Wellington Regional Council
Case number
SC 101/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal