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.
12 December 2025
Case information summary 2025 (as at 18 December 2025) – Cases where leave granted (PDF, 87 KB)
Case information summary 2025 (as at 18 December 2025) – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 121 KB)
All years
Civil appeal - application for leave to bring an appeal
Criminal appeal - application for leave to bring an appeal
Criminal appeal - application for leave to bring an appeal
Civil appeal - application for leave to bring an appeal
Civil appeal - application for leave to bring an appeal
Civil appeal - application for leave to bring an appeal
Civil appeal - application for leave to bring an appeal
Criminal Appeal
A The application for leave to appeal by H is granted ([H] v R [2023] NZCA 633).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeals in both CA169/2023 and CA170/2023.
C We make an interim order continuing suppression of the applicant’s name, address, occupation and identifying particulars pending further order of this Court.
15 April 2024
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A The appeal against conviction is allowed and a discharge without conviction is substituted.
B We make an order prohibiting publication of the name, address, occupation and identifying particulars of the appellant.
10 June 2025
- Hearing date 19 August 2024 Case Synopsis (PDF, 464 KB)
- MR [2025] NZSC 62 (PDF, 281 KB)
B The applicant must pay the first, third and fourth respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
7 May 2024
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
8 May 2024
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Following delivery of this judgment on 8 May 2024, counsel advised that the
applicant was in fact legally aided. Accordingly no order for costs is now made.
25 July 2024