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.
2 April 2026
Case information summary 2025 (as at 2 April 2026) – Cases where leave granted (PDF, 87 KB)
Case information summary 2025 (as at 2 April 2026) – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 122 KB)
All years
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 trial. Publication in law report or law digest permitted.
7 July 2017
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Substantive:
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 trial. Publication in law report or law digest permitted.
21 September 2017
SC 54/2017
Hearing date : 22 August 2017
Elias CJ, William Young, Glazebrook, O'Regan and Ellen France JJ.