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
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
20 March 2026
Civil appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
A The application for an extension of time is dismissed.
B Costs of $500 are awarded to the first respondent.
22 August 2025
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The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 22 September 2025 (Erwood v Minchin [2025] NZSC 122) is dismissed.
20 November 2025
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
9 October 2025
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
A The applications for leave to appeal are dismissed.
B The applicants in the two proposed appeals must pay the first to third respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
Civil appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
A The applications for leave to appeal are dismissed.
B The applicants in the two proposed appeals must pay the first to third respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
Civil Appeal
A Leave to appeal is granted (Rimmer v Wilton as administrator of the estate of Rimmer [2025] NZCA 374).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal.
31 October 2025
- Hearing date 17 March 2026 Appellants' submissions (PDF, 1 MB)
- Hearing date 17 March 2026 Respondent's submissions (PDF, 422 KB)
- Hearing date 17 March 2026 Intervener's submissions (PDF, 245 KB)
- Hearing date 17 March 2026 Joint chronology (PDF, 107 KB)
- Hearing date 17 March 2026 Appellants' oral outline (PDF, 138 KB)
- Hearing date 17 March 2026 Respondent's oral outline (PDF, 64 KB)
- Hearing date 17 March 2026 Transcript (PDF, 729 KB)
- Hearing date 17 March 2026 Case Synopsis (PDF, 358 KB)
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicants must pay the second to fifth respondnets one set of costs of $2,500.
21 November 2025
Civil appeal
A Leave to appeal is granted in part (Estate of Ruru v Attorney- General [2025] NZCA 597).
B The approved questions are:
(a) whether the Court of Appeal erred in its approach to the requirements for resumption in s 8HB of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975; and
(b) whether the Court of Appeal erred in its approach to the Waitangi Tribunal’s discretion to award compensation under sch 1 of the Crown Forest Assets Act 1989.
C The application for leave to appeal is otherwise dismissed.
10 June 2026
B There is no order as to costs.
6 May 2024
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
29 May 2024