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
Kyle Ashley Kotze v New Zealand Police
Case number
SC 79/2022
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for an extention of time to apply for leave to appeal is dismissed.
31 October 2022
31 October 2022
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Raewyn Wallace v Attorney-General and Commissioner of Police
Case number
SC 90/2022
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring a civil appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
6 June 2023
B There is no order as to costs.
6 June 2023
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Robert Terry Frank v New Zealand Police
Case number
SC 107/2022
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring a criminal appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
30 November 2022
30 November 2022
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Tanya Felicity Dunstan v Auckland High Court, Attorney-General And New Zealand Police
Case number
SC 114/2022
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 respondents costs of $2,500.
17 February 2023
B The applicant must pay the respondents costs of $2,500.
17 February 2023
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Christopher Joseph O'Neill v Commissioner Of Police, Judicial Conduct Commissioner, Chief High Court Judge, Director of Human Rights Proceedings and Attorney-General
Case number
SC 119/2022
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 fifth respondent, the Attorney-General, costs of $2,500.
3 March 2023
B The applicant must pay the fifth respondent, the Attorney-General, costs of $2,500.
3 March 2023
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
P v New Zealand Police
Case number
SC 16/2021
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
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.
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Phillip Barnes v New Zealand Police
Case number
SC 20/2021
Summary
Criminal Appeal — Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B We make an order continuing suppression of the applicant’s name, address, occupation and any identifying particulars until 2 pm on Tuesday 25 May 2021. Suppression will lapse at that time.
24 May 2021
B We make an order continuing suppression of the applicant’s name, address, occupation and any identifying particulars until 2 pm on Tuesday 25 May 2021. Suppression will lapse at that time.
24 May 2021
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Robert Frank Terry v New Zealand Police
Case number
SC 21/2021
Summary
Criminal appeal — Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
24 May 2021
24 May 2021
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Mark McKinney v New Zealand Police
Case number
SC 30/2021
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application to adduce evidence in support of the application is dismissed.
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
21 June 2021
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The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 21 June 2021 (McKinney v New Zealand Police [2021] NZSC 68) is dismissed.
25 March 2022
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
21 June 2021
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The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 21 June 2021 (McKinney v New Zealand Police [2021] NZSC 68) is dismissed.
25 March 2022
District Court decision
Not publicly available
High Court decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Recall judgment
Case name
Maninder Singh v New Zealand Police
Case number
SC 42/2021
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application to adduce evidence in support of the application is dismissed.
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
2 July 2021
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
2 July 2021
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
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