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.

28 November 2025

Case information summary 2025 (as at 28 November 2025) –  Cases where leave granted (PDF, 87 KB)
Case information summary 2025 (as at 28 November 2025)  – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 120 KB)

All years

Case name
Daljeet Singh v The King
Case number
SC 98/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
11 December 2024
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
SINGH v R [2024] NZSC 171 [11 December 2024] (PDF, 209 KB)
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
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicants must pay the respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
5 December 2024
High Court decision
GRANT v ARENA ALCEON NZ CREDIT PARTNERS LLC [2023] NZHC 3048 [31 October 2023]
Court of Appeal decision
GRANT AND BOTTERILL AS LIQUIDATORS OF ORMISTON RISE LIMITED (IN RECEIVERSHIP AND LIQUIDATION) v ARENA ALCEON NZ CREDIT PARTNERS, LLC [2024] NZCA 366 [2 August 2024]
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
ARENA ALCEON NZ CREDIT PARTNERS, LLC v DAMIEN MITCHELL GRANT AND ADAM STEVENSON BOTTERILL AS LIQUIDATORS OF ORMISTON RISE LIMITED (IN RECEIVERSHIP AND LIQUIDATION) [2024] NZSC 166 [5 December 2024] (PDF, 163 KB)
Case name
Quentin Stobart Haines, BPE Trustees (No 1) Limited and Quentin Haines Properties Limited v Harry Memelink and Cisca Forester as Trustees of the Link Trust No 1 (in Receivership)
Case number
SC 100/2024
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for stay is dismissed.
B The applicants must pay the respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
16 October 2024
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A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed
B The applicants must pay the respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
28 November 2024
High Court decision
MEMELINK v HAINES [2021] NZHC 1992
Court of Appeal decision
HAINES v MEMELINK [2024] NZCA 245 [20 June 2024]
Supreme court decision
Stay application decision: HAINES v BPE TRUSTEES (NO 1) LIMITED [2024] NZSC 139 [16 October 2024] (PDF, 169 KB)
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
HAINES v BPE TRUSTEES (NO 1) LIMITED [2024] NZSC 163 [28 November 2024] (PDF, 187 KB)
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
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
20 December 2024
High Court decision
ADRIAN NEIL PAGE & JULIE MAREE CROSBIE v GREATER WELLINGTON COUNCIL [2022] NZHC 762 [12 April 2022]
Court of Appeal decision
PAGE & ANOR v GREATER WELLINGTON REGIONAL COUNCIL [2024] NZCA 383 [14 August 2024]
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
PAGE v GREATER WELLINGTON REGIONAL COUNCIL [2024] NZSC 179 [20 December 2024] (PDF, 182 KB)
Case name
W v The King
Case number
SC 102/2024
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 retrial. Publication in law report or law digest permitted.
Result
A notice of abandonment having been filed, the application for leave to appeal is abandoned.
4 December 2024
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Munyaradzi Cornelius Mukoko v The King
Case number
SC 103/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal is dismissed. 
07 March 2025
District Court decision
[2019] NZDC 8887
Court of Appeal decision
MUKOKO v R [2019] NZCA 568 [19 November 2019]
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
MUKOKO v R [2025] NZSC 12 [7 March 2025] (PDF, 145 KB)
Case name
Ponsonby Chambers (on behalf of Tanya Dunstan) v Attorney-General, Minister of Justice and Andrew Kibblewhite
Case number
SC 104/2024
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring civil appeal
Result
The Registrar is directed not to accept for filing the application for leave to appeal.
9 October 2024
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Supreme Court - order made
Direction to refuse leave application for filing: PONSONBY CHAMBERS (ON BEHALF OF TANYA FELICITY DUNSTAN) v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2024] NZSC 136 [9 October 2024] (PDF, 166 KB)
Case name
Rasier Operations BV, Uber Portier BV, Uber BV, Portier New Zealand Limited and Rauser New Zealand Limited v E Tū Incorporated and First Union Incorporated
Case number
SC 105/2024
Summary

Civil Appeal
Result

A Leave to appeal is granted (Rasier Operations BV v E Tū Inc [2024] NZCA 403).
B The approved question is whether the four Uber drivers are employees in terms of s 6 of the Employment Relations Act 2000.
19 December 2024
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A The appeal is dismissed.
B The appellants must pay the respondents one set of costs of $50,000 plus usual disbursements. We allow for second counsel.
17 November 2025
Date of hearing
08 July 2025 - 09 July 2025
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, Ellen France, Williams and Miller JJ
Submissions from counsel
Transcripts
Case Synopses
Media Releases
Employment Court decision
E TŪ INCORPORATED v RASIER OPERATIONS BV [2022] NZEmpC 192 [25 October 2022]
Court of Appeal decision
RASIER OPERATIONS BV v E TŪ INC [2024] NZCA 403 [26 August 2024]
Leave judgment - leave granted
RASIER OPERATIONS BV v E TŪ INCORPORATED [2024] NZSC 177 [19 December 2024] (PDF, 174 KB)
Supreme court decision
RASIER OPERATIONS BV v E TŪ INCORPORATED [2025] NZSC 162 [17 November 2025] (PDF, 554 KB)
Videos
Case name
Marica Toalei v The King
Case number
SC 106/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B Order prohibiting publication of the applicant’s name, address, occupation and any identifying particulars until 2.00 pm on Thursday 17 April 2025.
15 April 2025
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
[2024] NZCA 451
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
TOALEI v R [2025] NZSC 39 [15 April 2025] (PDF, 163 KB)
Case name
Daniel Clinton Fitzgerald v Attorney-General
Case number
SC 107/2024
Summary

Civil Appeal
Result

A Leave to appeal is granted (Fitzgerald v Attorney-General of New Zealand [2024] NZCA 419).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to allow the appeal.
18 December 2024
Date of hearing
20 March 2025 - 21 March 2025
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, Williams, O’Regan and Mallon JJ
Submissions from counsel
Transcripts
Case Synopses
High Court decision
FITZGERALD v ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF NZ [2022] NZHC 2465
Court of Appeal decision
ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF NEW ZEALAND v FITZGERALD [2024] NZCA 419 [5 September 2024]
Leave judgment - leave granted
DANIEL CLINTON FITZGERALD v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2024] NZSC 180 [18 December 2024] (PDF, 166 KB)
Videos
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