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.
17 August 2026
Case information summary (as at 17 August 2026) – Cases where leave granted (PDF, 87 KB)
Case information summary (as at 17 August 2026) – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 128 KB)
All years
Case name
DFT v Auckland High Court, Attorney-General and New Zealand Law Society
Case number
SC 18/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay to each of the second and third respondents costs of $1,250.
17 May 2023
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A The application for recall (DFT v Auckland High Court [2023] NZSC 57) is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay to each of the second and third respondents costs of $500.
29 June 2023
B The applicant must pay to each of the second and third respondents costs of $1,250.
17 May 2023
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A The application for recall (DFT v Auckland High Court [2023] NZSC 57) is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay to each of the second and third respondents costs of $500.
29 June 2023
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Recall judgment
DFT v AUCKLAND HIGH COURT [2023] NZSC 78 [29 June 2023] (PDF, 191 KB)
Case name
S (SC 24/2023) v Attorney-General and District Court at Auckland
Case number
SC 24/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
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Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
18 July 2023
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A The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 18 July 2023 (S (SC 24/2023) v Attorney-General [2023] NZSC 86) is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
23 August 2023
B There is no order as to costs.
18 July 2023
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A The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 18 July 2023 (S (SC 24/2023) v Attorney-General [2023] NZSC 86) is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
23 August 2023
High Court decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Supreme court decision
Case name
Te Whānau a Kai Trust v Gisborne District Council
Case number
SC 36/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
29 June 2023
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
29 June 2023
Additional document
High Court decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
D (SC 41/2023) v Auckland District Court and N
Case number
SC 41/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B We make no order as to costs.
7 July 2023
B We make no order as to costs.
7 July 2023
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
The Canyon Vineyard Ltd v Central Otago District Council and Bendigo Station Limited
Case number
SC 46/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay both the respondents' costs of $2,500.
17 August 2023
B The applicant must pay both the respondents' costs of $2,500.
17 August 2023
High Court decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Christopher Joseph O'Neill v Judiciary of Auckland High Court, Registry of Auckland High Court and persons as yet unknown
Case number
SC 56/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
10 August 2023
B There is no order as to costs.
10 August 2023
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Tanya Felicity Dunstan
Case number
SC 73/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The Auckland High Court is removed as a respondent.
31 July 2023
B The Auckland High Court is removed as a respondent.
31 July 2023
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
TANYA FELICITY DUNSTAN [2023] NZSC 96 [31 July 2023] (PDF, 118 KB)
Case name
Danny John Cancian v Tauranga City Council
Case number
SC 75/2023
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
19 September 2023
19 September 2023
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Brian Joseph Linehan, Shannon James Walsh and Ross Douglas Blair as trustees of the Eliza Trust v Thames-Coromandel District Council
Case number
SC 92/2023
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 respondent costs of $2,500.
10 November 2023
B The applicants must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
10 November 2023
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Jasbir Balbir Singh v Auckland District Health Board
Case number
SC 97/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
17 November 2023
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
17 November 2023
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
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