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.
22 September 2026
Case information summary (as at 18 September 2026) – Cases where leave granted (PDF, 112 KB)
Case information summary (as at 18 September 2026) – Currently unavailable
All years
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
23 October 2024
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
C The applicant must pay the respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
8 October 2024
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A The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 8 October 2024 (Nicolson v Lowther [2024] NZSC 135) is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
6 December 2024
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
C There is no order as to costs.
6 November 2024
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
22 October 2024
Civil appeal - Application for leave to bring civil appeal
A Leave to appeal is granted (T (SC 95/2024) v Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand [2024] NZCA 390).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal.
C Costs are reserved.
25 September 2024
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A The appeal is dismissed.
B We make an prohibiting publication of the name, address, occupation and identifying particulars of the appellant.
16 September 2025
B The applicants must pay the respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
5 December 2024
Civil Appeal
A Leave to appeal is granted (Rasier Operations BV v E Tū Inc [2024] NZCA 403).
B The approved question is whether the four Uber drivers are employees in terms of s 6 of the Employment Relations Act 2000.
19 December 2024
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A The appeal is dismissed.
B The appellants must pay the respondents one set of costs of $50,000 plus usual disbursements. We allow for second counsel.
17 November 2025
- Hearing date 8 and 9 July 2025 Appellants' submissions (PDF, 399 KB)
- Hearing date 8 and 9 July 2025 Respondents' submissions (PDF, 691 KB)
- Hearing date 8 and 9 July 2025 Appellants' Chronology (PDF, 741 KB)
- Hearing date 8 and 9 July 2025 Respondents' Chronology (PDF, 117 KB)
- Hearing date 8 and 9 July 2025 Appellants' outline of oral argument (PDF, 57 KB)
- Hearing date 8-9 July 2025 Transcript (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Hearing date 8 - 9 July 2025 Case Synopsis (PDF, 477 KB)
- MR [2025] NZSC 162 (PDF, 292 KB)
- SC 105/2024 Rasier Operations BV v E Tū Incorporated (Recorded, 9 July 2025)
- SC 105/2024 Rasier Operations BV v E Tū Incorporated (Recorded, 8 July 2025)
Civil Appeal
A Leave to appeal is granted (Fitzgerald v Attorney-General of New Zealand [2024] NZCA 419).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to allow the appeal.
18 December 2024
- Hearing date 20 March 2025 Appellant Submissions (PDF, 257 KB)
- Hearing date 20 March 2025 Respondent's submissions (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Hearing date 20 March 2025 Intervener's submissions (PDF, 935 KB)
- Hearing date 20 21 March 2025 Case Transcript (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Hearing date 20 21 March 2025 Case Synopsis (PDF, 488 KB)
- SC 107/2024 Daniel Clinton Fitzgerald v Attorney-General (Recorded, 21 March 2025)
- SC 107/2024 Daniel Clinton Fitzgerald v Attorney-General (Recorded, 20 March 2025)
14 November 2024
Criminal Appeal — Application for leave to refer a question of law
A We grant leave to the Solicitor-General to refer the following questions of law (arising from Nikoloff v R [2024] NZCA 318) to this Court under s 317 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011:
Was the defect in the leave given on behalf of the Attorney-General able to be remedied or rectified by the instrument of ratification?
Was the trial at which Mr Nikoloff was convicted a nullity?
B We appoint Mr S J Shamy as counsel to assist the Court on the appeal under s 318(3)(a) of the Criminal Procedure Act.
27 November 2024
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We answer the questions of law as follows:
(a) Was the defect in the leave given on behalf of the Attorney-General able to be remedied or rectified by the instrument of ratification?
No.
(b) Was the trial at which Mr Nikoloff was convicted a nullity?
Yes.
18 September 2025
- Hearing date 12 March 2025 Referrer Submissions (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Hearing date 12 March 2025 Counsel to Assist Submissions (PDF, 393 KB)
- Hearing date 12 March 2025 transcript (PDF, 480 KB)
- Hearing date 12 March 2025 Case Synopsis (PDF, 472 KB)
- MR [2025] NZSC 121 (PDF, 308 KB)
- SC 110/2024 Solicitor-General's Reference (No 1 of 2024) from CA441/2023 ([2024] NZCA 318) (Recorded, 12 March 2025)