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.
17 August 2026
Case information summary (as at 17 August 2026) – Cases where leave granted (PDF, 87 KB)
Case information summary (as at 17 August 2026) – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 128 KB)
All years
24 July 2024
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
17 October 2023
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal erred in declining to make the order sought by the applicant under s 205(2)(c) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.
C The application for leave to appeal is otherwise dismissed.
D We make an order prohibiting publication of the applicant’s name, address, occupation and identifying particulars and of the information to which the application under s 205(2)(c) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 relates until final resolution of the appeal to this Court.
30 October 2023
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A The appeal is allowed.
B We make an order prohibiting publication of this judgment, the media release and the minutes, and any information therein, until the judgment is delivered at 2.00 pm on 11 June 2024.
C We make an order prohibiting publication of certain evidence and submissions contained in this judgment pursuant to s 205 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011. See paragraph [82].
D We make an order redacting parts of the judgment that is made publicly available.
E We make an order that the files for this appeal are not to be searched without the leave of a Judge of this Court.
11 June 2024
- Hearing date 28 February 2024 SC 90/2023 (PDF, 475 KB)
- MR [2024] NZSC 65 (PDF, 333 KB)
27 February 2024
7 December 2023
9 February 2024
9 February 2024
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)