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
A The application for leave to appeal is granted (Pascoe v Minister for Land Information [2024] NZCA 557).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to find that negotiations prior to the compulsory acquisition of land for essential works, under s 18 of the Public Works Act 1981, may be undertaken by an accredited contractor rather than by the Respondent personally (or an official of Toitū Te Whenua | Land Information New Zealand with delegated authority by the Respondent).
C Counsel to assist the Court will be appointed by the Registrar.
19 May 2025
- Hearing date 14 October 2025 Appellant's reply submissions (PDF, 468 KB)
- Hearing date 14 October 2025 Respondent submissions (PDF, 1.6 MB)
- Hearing date 14 October 2025 Counsel to assist the Court submissions (PDF, 806 KB)
- Hearing date 14 October 2025 Appellant's oral outline (PDF, 330 KB)
- Hearing date 14 October 2025 oral outline for respondent (PDF, 238 KB)
- Hearing date 14 October 2025 oral outline for counsel to assist (PDF, 199 KB)
- Hearing date 14 October 2025 Appellant submissions (PDF, 883 KB)
- Hearing date 14 October 2025 Transcript (PDF, 645 KB)
- Hearing date 14 October 2025 Case Synopsis (PDF, 462 KB)
- SC 123/2024 Tony James Sofus Pascoe and Debbie Ann Pascoe v The Minister for Land Information (Recorded, 14 October 2025)
8 April 2025
28 March 2025
03 April 2025
Civil Appeal
A Kea Investments Ltd’s application for leave to appeal is granted (Wikeley v Kea Investments Ltd [2024] NZCA 609, [2024] 3 NZLR 901).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to discharge the permanent anti-suit and anti-enforcement injunctions awarded to Kea Investments Ltd in the High Court.
C Counsel to assist the Court will be appointed by the Registrar.
D The applications to adduce further evidence are dismissed.
E The application to extend the stay in Wikeley v Kea Investments Ltd [2024] NZCA 686, (2024) 26 PRNZ 667 is granted pending determination of the appeal.
4 July 2025
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A The application for adjournment is dismissed.
B Costs are reserved.
30 September 2025
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A The appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal in Wikeley v Kea Investments Ltd [2024] NZCA 609, [2024] 3 NZLR 901 is allowed.
B The orders made by the High Court in Kea Investments Ltd v Wikeley Family Trustee Ltd (in interim liq) [2023] NZHC 3260 at [156(a)(i) - (iv)], and in Kea Investments Ltd v Wikeley Family Trustee Ltd (in interim liq) [2023] NZHC 3532 at [7], are reinstated.
C Costs are reserved.
10 November 2025
- Hearing date 5 - 6 November 2024 Transcript (PDF, 671 KB)
- Hearing date 5 - 6 November 2025 Case Synopsis (PDF, 451 KB)
- SC 127/2024 Kea Investments v David Wikely (Recorded, 6 November 2025)
- SC 127/2024 Kea Investments v David Wikely (Recorded, 5 November 2025)
B Order prohibiting search of the files for this application without leave of a Judge of this Court.
11 April 2025
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring appeal
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
07 April 2025
Criminal Appeal
A Leave to appeal is granted ([2024] NZCA 626).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal against sentence.
04 April 2025
- Hearing date 22 July 2025 Case Synopsis (PDF, 480 KB)
B There is no order as to costs.
9 May 2025
B There is no order as to costs.
1 April 2025