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
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
9 May 2024
Criminal Appeal
A The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal is granted.
B The application for leave to appeal is granted (Cook v R [2023] NZCA 342).
C The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to treat Mr Cook’s defence as insane automatism.
19 February 2024
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The appeal is dismissed.
28 April 2025
- Hearing 23 and 24 July 2024 Appellant submissions (PDF, 359 KB)
- Hearing 23 and 24 July 2024 Respondent submissions (PDF, 1015 KB)
- Hearing date 23 July 2024 Transcript (PDF, 560 KB)
- Hearing date 23 and 24 July 2024 Case Synopsis (PDF, 470 KB)
- MR [2025] NZSC 44 (PDF, 285 KB)
- SC 120/2023 Damin Peter Cook v The King (Recorded, 23 July 2024)
B The applicants must pay the respondent one set of costs of $2,500.
5 February 2024
10 April 2024
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
10 April 2024
9 April 2024
27 June 2024
25 March 2024
B The applicants must pay two sets of costs of $2,500, one to the first respondent and the other to the second respondents.
25 March 2022
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A The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 25 March 2022 (Ding v James [2022] NZSC 28) is dismissed.
B The application for leave to appeal in SC 36/2022 is dismissed.
C There is no order as to costs.
11 May 2022