Livestream Tuesday 17 March 2026 - SC 97/2025
Supreme Court hearing
Livestream Tuesday 17 March 2026
Hearing | 17 March 2026
Tuesday 17 March 2026 at 10:00am
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Summary
Civil Appeal
Result
A Leave to appeal is granted (Rimmer v Wilton as administrator of the estate of Rimmer [2025] NZCA 374).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal.
31 October 2025Date of Hearing
17 March 2026
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, Williams, Kós, Miller and Cooke JJ Venue: Christchurch High Court, Courtroom 12
Case Synopses
Submissions from counsel
- Hearing date 17 March 2026 Appellants' submissions (PDF 1 MB)
- Hearing date 17 March 2026 Respondent's submissions (PDF 422 KB)
- Hearing date 17 March 2026 Intervener's submissions (PDF 245 KB)
- Hearing date 17 March 2026 Joint chronology (PDF 107 KB)
- Hearing date 17 March 2026 Appellants' oral outline (PDF 138 KB)
- Hearing date 17 March 2026 Respondent's oral outline (PDF 64 KB)
Hearing Transcripts
Related Documents
High Court decision — [2023] NZHC 1372
Court of Appeal decision — RIMMER v WILTON [2025] NZCA 374 [30 July 2025]
Leave judgment - leave granted — RIMMER v WILTON [2025] NZSC 150 [31 October 2025] (PDF 140 KB)