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.
31 July 2026
Case information summary (as at 31 July 2026) – Cases where leave granted (PDF, 87 KB)
Case information summary (as at 31 July 2026) – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 131 KB)
All years
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
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.
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.
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
B The application for recusal of counsel for the second respondent is dismissed.
24 March 2025
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A The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 24 March 2025 (Slavich v Wellington District Court [2025] NZSC 17) is dismissed.
B The Registrar is directed not to accept for filing any further applications, original or for recall, relating to the subject matter of that judgment.
15 April 2025
7 May 2025
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
A The applications for leave to file amended and further submissions are dismissed.
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
C The applicants must pay the represented respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
17 June 2025
Civil Appeal
A Leave to appeal is granted (Smith v Attorney-General [2024] NZCA 692, [2025] 2 NZLR 1).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal.
19 December 2025
- Hearing date 17 - 19 August 2026 Case Synopsis (PDF, 496 KB)
- Livestream Monday 17 - Wednesday 19 August 2026 at 10:00am (Livestream, 17 August 2026)
Criminal Appeal
A The application for leave to appeal is granted (Repia v R [2024] NZCA 677).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal on the basis that Mr Repia’s reasonable belief in consent was excluded from inquiry in the involvement hearing under s 10 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003.
27 March 2025
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The appeal is dismissed.
23 June 2026
- Hearing date 14 August 2025 Appellant submissions (PDF, 546 KB)
- Hearing date 14 August 2025 Respondent's submissions (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Hearing date 14 August 2025 Transcript (PDF, 389 KB)
- Hearing date 14 August 2025 Case Synopsis (PDF, 448 KB)
- MR [2026] NZSC 82 (PDF, 315 KB)
- SC 12/2025 Tyson Wade Francis Repia v The King (Recorded, 14 August 2025)