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
Case name
Aston-Edward William Earnest Wedgwood v The King
Case number
SC 43/2022
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Paul Elvis Rawiri McLean v The Queen
Case number
SC 45/2022
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
12 August 2022
12 August 2022
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Kerryn Mitchell v The Queen
Case number
SC 46/2022
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
21 July 2022
21 July 2022
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
KERRYN MITCHELL v R [2022] NZSC 89 [21 July 2022] (PDF, 42 KB)
Case name
Dwayne Douglas Keats v The King
Case number
SC 47/2022
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A notice of abandonment having been filed, the application for leave to appeal is deemed to be dismissed.
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Michael Shane Henry Lihou v The Queen
Case number
SC 48/2022
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal against sentence is dismissed.
10 June 2022
10 June 2022
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Robert James Cummins v Body Corporate 172108
Case number
SC 49/2022
Summary
Civil / Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for an extension of time is granted.
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
C The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
10 August 2022
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
C The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
10 August 2022
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Mohammed Omar Nassery v The Queen
Case number
SC 54/2022
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
12 August 2022
12 August 2022
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Martin Mailley v Antony Shaw and New Zealand Law Society
Case number
SC 55/2022
Summary
Civil / Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay each respondent costs of $2,500.
3 August 2022
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The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 3 August 2022 (Mailley v Shaw [2022] NZSC 93) is dismissed.
25 August 2022
B The applicant must pay each respondent costs of $2,500.
3 August 2022
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The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 3 August 2022 (Mailley v Shaw [2022] NZSC 93) is dismissed.
25 August 2022
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Recall judgment
Case name
R (SC 64/2022) v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections
Case number
SC 64/2022
Summary
Criminal Appeal
Result
A Leave to appeal is granted (R (CA586/2021) v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections [2022] NZCA 225).
B The approved question is how does the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 affect the exercise of the court’s discretion to renew an Extended Supervision Order when the individual concerned is also subject to a Compulsory Care Order?
11 April 2023
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The application for recusal is dismissed.
26 April 2023
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A The application by the respondent to adduce further evidence is granted.
B The appeal is allowed.
C The proceeding is remitted to the High Court for reconsideration in light of this judgment and any further evidence adduced in that Court. Pending the High Court’s decision on review under s 107RA(5) of the Parole Act, the appellant remains subject to the extended supervision order.
7 May 2024
B The approved question is how does the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 affect the exercise of the court’s discretion to renew an Extended Supervision Order when the individual concerned is also subject to a Compulsory Care Order?
11 April 2023
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The application for recusal is dismissed.
26 April 2023
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A The application by the respondent to adduce further evidence is granted.
B The appeal is allowed.
C The proceeding is remitted to the High Court for reconsideration in light of this judgment and any further evidence adduced in that Court. Pending the High Court’s decision on review under s 107RA(5) of the Parole Act, the appellant remains subject to the extended supervision order.
7 May 2024
Date of hearing
08 August 2023
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, O'Regan, Williams and Kós JJ
Submissions from counsel
- Hearing date 8 August 2023 Appellants Submissions (PDF, 349 KB)
- Hearing date 8 August 2023 Respondents Submissions (PDF, 548 KB)
Transcripts
- Hearing date 8 August 2023 (PDF, 481 KB)
Case Synopses
- Hearing date 8 August 2023 (PDF, 489 KB)
Media Releases
- MR [2024] NZSC 47 (PDF, 291 KB)
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave granted
Supreme court decision
Substantive judgment
Videos
- R v Chief Executive of the Dept of Corrections (SC 64/2022) (Recorded, 8 August 2023)
Case name
Michelle Boag v The King, NZME Publishing Limited and Stuff Limited
Case number
SC 68/2022
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B Order continuing suppression of the applicant’s name, address, occupation and any identifying particulars on the terms set out at [14] until 2 pm on Friday 28 October 2022. Suppression will lapse at that time.
26 October 2022
B Order continuing suppression of the applicant’s name, address, occupation and any identifying particulars on the terms set out at [14] until 2 pm on Friday 28 October 2022. Suppression will lapse at that time.
26 October 2022
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
MICHELLE BOAG v R [2022] NZSC 125 [26 October 2022] (PDF, 179 KB)
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