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.

8 May 2026

Case information summary (as at 8 May 2026) –  Cases where leave granted (PDF, 89 KB)
Case information summary (as at 8 May 2026)  – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 127 KB) 

All years

Case name
Ethan Webster v The King
Case number
SC 3/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Result

A Leave to appeal is granted (Webster v R [2025] NZCA 679).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal.
16 April 2026

Date of hearing
16 July 2026
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, Ellen France, Williams, Kós and Cooke JJ
Case name
Jaxon Dixon v The King
Case number
SC 5/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Vortac New Zealand Limited v The King
Case number
SC 6/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Case name
Lee Edri v R
Case number
SC 9/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Case name
Corey Robert Murfitt v The King
Case number
SC 10/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Result

A The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal is granted.
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
1 May 2026

Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Vivek Goel v The King
Case number
SC 12/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

High Court decision
Case name
Andrew Murray Tovey v The King
Case number
SC 17/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Francisc Catalin Deliu v Hsiang-Fen Ying
Case number
SC 18/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Alisohn Joan Fielding v New Zealand Police
Case number
SC 21/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Case name
Fei He v The King
Case number
SC 23/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Court of Appeal decision