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.

19 June 2026

Case information summary (as at 19 June 2026) –  Cases where leave granted (PDF, 89 KB)
Case information summary (as at 19 June 2026)  – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 126 KB) 

All years

Case name
Daljeet Singh v The King
Case number
SC 98/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
11 December 2024
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
SINGH v R [2024] NZSC 171 [11 December 2024] (PDF, 209 KB)
Case name
W v The King
Case number
SC 102/2024
Summary
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 retrial. Publication in law report or law digest permitted.
Result
A notice of abandonment having been filed, the application for leave to appeal is abandoned.
4 December 2024
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Munyaradzi Cornelius Mukoko v The King
Case number
SC 103/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal is dismissed. 
07 March 2025
District Court decision
[2019] NZDC 8887
Court of Appeal decision
MUKOKO v R [2019] NZCA 568 [19 November 2019]
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
MUKOKO v R [2025] NZSC 12 [7 March 2025] (PDF, 145 KB)
Case name
Marica Toalei v The King
Case number
SC 106/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B Order prohibiting publication of the applicant’s name, address, occupation and any identifying particulars until 2.00 pm on Thursday 17 April 2025.
15 April 2025
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
[2024] NZCA 451
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
TOALEI v R [2025] NZSC 39 [15 April 2025] (PDF, 163 KB)
Case name
Christopher Walker v The King
Case number
SC 108/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal.
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
14 November 2024
District Court decision
[2023] NZDC 27612
Court of Appeal decision
[2024] NZCA 440
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
WALKER v R [2024] NZSC 155 [14 November 2024] (PDF, 188 KB)
Case name
M (SC 111/2024) v The King
Case number
SC 111/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
07 March 2025
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
M (SC 111/2024) v R [2025] NZSC 13 [7 March 2025] (PDF, 171 KB)
Case name
Lai Janice Toy v The King
Case number
SC 112/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.                                                              
4 March 2025
District Court decision
[2023] NZDC 25148
Court of Appeal decision
TOY v R [2024] NZCA 446 [16 September 2024]
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
TOY v R [2025] NZSC 8 [4 March 2025] (PDF, 162 KB)
Case name
Raymond Iveagh Jury v The King
Case number
SC 114/2024
Summary

Criminal Appeal
Result

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
Date of hearing
05 August 2025
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, Ellen France, Kós and Miller JJ
Transcripts
Case Synopses
High Court decision
R v JURY [2020] NZHC 2618 [2 October 2020]
Court of Appeal decision
JURY v R [2024] NZCA 320 [16 July 2024]
Leave judgment - leave granted
JURY v R [2025] NZSC 14 [17 March 2025] (PDF, 161 KB)
Case name
Vasa Johnston v The King
Case number
SC 115/2024
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
8 November 2024
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
[2024] NZCA 505
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
JOHNSTON v R [2024] NZSC 154 [8 November 2024] (PDF, 142 KB)
Case name
Ruth Ramirez-Alfonso v The King
Case number
SC 117/2024
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
16 April 2025
High Court decision
R v RAMIREZ ALFONSO [2024] NZHC 1868 [10 July 2024]
Court of Appeal decision
RAMIREZ-ALFONSO v R [2024] NZCA 545 [29 October 2024]
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
RAMIREZ-ALFONSO v R [2025] NZSC 43 [16 April 2025] (PDF, 163 KB)
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