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.

4 September 2026

Case information summary (as at 4 September 2026) –  Cases where leave granted (PDF, 116 KB)
Case information summary (as at 4 September 2026)  – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 132 KB) 

All years

Case name
Riiria Jade Tatana v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections
Case number
SC 83/2026
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Case name
Dharmendra Kumar Gupta v The King
Case number
SC 84/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
T v The King
Case number
SC 85/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Case name
Victor Shane Slack v The King
Case number
SC 86/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Case name
Jeremy James McGuire v Commissioner of Inland Revenue and District Court at Palmerston North
Case number
SC 87/2026
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Case name
Samantha Jane Grant v The King
Case number
SC 88/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Ingenious Asset Management Limited v Simon McConnon, John Baird McConnon, Kevin Bruce Ramsey, Stephen Mark Lawrence and Christopher Carey McCullagh
Case number
SC 89/2026
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Case name
OHB (SC 90/2026) v The King
Case number
SC 90/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Anna Catherine Baker v John Jackson Baker and Sumit Design Developments Limited
Case number
SC 91/2026
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Weng-Yuan Tsao v Yen Wei Chen and Kuei-Huan Chen
Case number
SC 2/2025
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.                                                                                              
27 March 2025
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed