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.
15 April 2024
Case information summary 2024 (as at 12 April 2024) – Cases where leave granted (PDF, 119 KB)
Case information summary 2024 (as at 12 April 2024) – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 134 KB)
All years
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to allow the appeal.
22 March 2022
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A The appeal is dismissed.
B The appellant must pay the first respondent costs of $25,000 plus usual disbursements.
20 June 2023
- Hearing date 22 July 2022 Appellant Submissions (PDF, 10 MB)
- Hearing date 22 July 2022 First Respondent submissions (PDF, 965 KB)
- Hearing date 22 July 2022 Second Respondent memorandum (PDF, 381 KB)
- Hearing date 22 July 2022 (PDF, 498 KB)
- Hearing date 22 July 2022 (PDF, 268 KB)
- MR [2023] NZSC 70 (PDF, 323 KB)