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
13 May 2025
Criminal Appeal
A The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal is granted.
B Leave to appeal is granted in part (Jury v R [2024] NZCA 320).
C The approved questions are:
(a) whether the High Court erred by admitting the hearsay statements of Rex Maney in evidence, and if so, whether the error occasioned a miscarriage of justice; and
(b) whether the trial Judge’s failure to give a reliability direction under s 122 of the Evidence Act 2006 with respect to those statements occasioned a miscarriage of justice.
D The application for leave to appeal is otherwise dismissed.
17 March 2025
- Hearing date 5 August 2025 Transcript (PDF, 527 KB)
- Hearing date 5 August 2025 Case Synopsis (PDF, 450 KB)
8 November 2024
B There is no order as to costs.
28 February 2025
16 April 2025
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
C The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
21 February 2025
Criminal Appeal
A Leave to appeal is granted (R v Bailey [2024] NZCA 552).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to allow the appeal.
5 March 2025
- Hearing date 16 July 2025 Appellant submissions (PDF, 348 KB)
- Hearing date 16 July 2025 Respondent submissions (PDF, 1 MB)
- Hearing date 16 July 2025 Transcript (PDF, 435 KB)
- Hearing date 16 July 2025 Case Synopsis (PDF, 452 KB)
- SC 120/2024 Barry John Bailey v The King (Recorded, 16 July 2025)
23 December 2024
11 April 2025