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
Seafood New Zealand Limited v Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated, Minister of Oceans and Fisheries and Te Ohu Kai Moana Trustee Limited
Case number
SC 99/2023
Summary
Civil appeal
Result
A Leave to appeal is granted (Fisheries Inshore New Zealand Ltd v Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc [2023] NZCA 359).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal.
24 November 2023
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A The appeal is allowed to the extent set out at [145] and [146].
B Costs are reserved.
12 September 2024
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal.
24 November 2023
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A The appeal is allowed to the extent set out at [145] and [146].
B Costs are reserved.
12 September 2024
Date of hearing
23 April 2024
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, Williams, Kós and Miller JJ
Submissions from counsel
- Hearing date 23 and 24 April 2024 Appellant submissions (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Hearing date 23 and 24 April 2024 Appellant chronology (PDF, 767 KB)
- Hearing date 23 and 24 April 2024 First Respondent submissions (PDF, 416 KB)
- Hearing date 23 and 24 April 2024 First Respondent Oral outline (PDF, 137 KB)
- Hearing date 23 and 24 April 2024 Second Respondent submissions (PDF, 602 KB)
Transcripts
- Hearing date 23 April 2024 (PDF, 643 KB)
Case Synopses
- Hearing date 23 and 24 April 2024 (PDF, 366 KB)
Media Releases
- MR [2024] NZSC 111 (PDF, 282 KB)
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave granted
Substantive judgment
Videos
- SC 99/2023 Seafood NZ v Royal Forest and Bird (Recorded, 23 April 2024)
Case name
Manas Dharmendra Kumar v Smartpay Limited
Case number
SC 102/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
19 February 2024
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
19 February 2024
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Wenyue He v Bank of New Zealand
Case number
SC 103/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
6 December 2023
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
6 December 2023
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Adam David Banks v William Robert Farmer, Simon Matthew Gamble, Christoper James Massam and Douglas Leroy Frederick
Case number
SC 104/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay the respondents one set of costs of $5,000.
6 August 2024
B The applicant must pay the respondents one set of costs of $5,000.
6 August 2024
Date of hearing
25 July 2024
Judges
Williams, Kós and Miller JJ
Transcripts
- Hearing date 25 July 2024 SC 104/2023 (PDF, 170 KB)
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Stephen Gilbert Anderson v NZI International Acceptances Limited, NZI Securities Limited and NZI Finance Limited
Case number
SC 105/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
2 October 2023
2 October 2023
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Tuariki John Edward Delamere v Yingheng Liu
Case number
SC 107/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
8 December 2023
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
8 December 2023
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Peter T Rex LLC, Barbara T Rex LLC and AB v NZME Publishing Limited
Case number
SC 112/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicants must pay one set of costs of $2,500 to the respondent.
15 February 2024
B The applicants must pay one set of costs of $2,500 to the respondent.
15 February 2024
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Lynette Joy Mills and Carl James Peterson v Kelly Dalzell, Tracey Howard Levenbach, ASB Bank Limited, Graham Howard Mills, John Levenbach and Carole Krammer
Case number
SC 114/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicants must pay the first and third, the fourth, and the fifth and sixth respondents three sets of costs of $1,000.
8 February 2024
B The applicants must pay the first and third, the fourth, and the fifth and sixth respondents three sets of costs of $1,000.
8 February 2024
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Razdan Rafiq v Chief Executive for the Department of Internal Affairs and Minister of Internal Affairs
Case number
SC 115/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay the respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
19 April 2024
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A The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 19 April 2024 (Rafiq v Chief Executive for the Department of Internal Affairs [2024] NZSC 36) is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
17 June 2024
B The applicant must pay the respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
19 April 2024
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A The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 19 April 2024 (Rafiq v Chief Executive for the Department of Internal Affairs [2024] NZSC 36) is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
17 June 2024
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Recall judgment
Case name
Mark James McLaughlin and Andrew Ashley McLaughlin v John David Manuel McLaughlin
Case number
SC 116/2023
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicants must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
15 February 2024
B The applicants must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
15 February 2024
High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
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