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

Case name
Peter Malcolm Fuller v Grant Alistair Fraser
Case number
SC 36/2025
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Result

A The application for leave to amend the leave application is dismissed.
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
C There is no order as to costs.
2 July 2025

Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Lawyers for Climate Action NZ Incorporated v Climate Change Commission and Minister of Climate Change
Case number
SC 38/2025
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Result

A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
22 December 2025

Case name
Anthony Mikhal Schmidt v Ebada Property Investments Ltd and Others
Case number
SC 42/2025
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Result

A The applications for leave to appeal are dismissed.
B Costs are reserved.
3 October 2025

Case name
DHC Assets Limited v Antony Ivo Arnerich
Case number
SC 44/2025
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.
17 September 2025

Case name
Taylor Jade Schmidt v Ebada Property Investments Ltd and Brian Patrick Garrity
Case number
SC 49/2025
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Result

A The applications for leave to appeal are dismissed.
B Costs are reserved.
3 October 2025

Case name
James John McConnor v Auckland Transport and Baycorp (NZ) Ltd
Case number
SC 50/2025
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.
1 August 2025

Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
Mary Louise Shores v Charles Alan Howden and Withers & Co Trustee Co Ltd as Trustees of the Charles Alan Howden Family Trust and Carolyn Ann Howden and Withers & Co Trustee Co Ltd as Trustees of the Carolyn Ann Howden Family Trust
Case number
SC 53/2025
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.                        
4 September 2025

Case name
Glenpanel Development Limited v Expert Consenting Panel
Case number
SC 55/2025
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Result

A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.                                                                                                
28 August 2025

Case name
Ingenious Asset Management Limited v Simon McConnon, John Baird McConnon, Kevin Bruce Ramsey, Stephen Mark Lawrence and Christopher Carey McCullagh
Case number
SC 57/2025
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Result

A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.                                                                                        
16 October 2025

High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Mark Anthony Whittington v Solicitor-General
Case number
SC 59/2025
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring civil appeal

Result

A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $1,500.                                                                
25 August 2025

Court of Appeal decision
Leave judgment - leave dismissed