Supreme Court case information

Civil Appeal 

A Leave to appeal is granted (Chief Executive of Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment v Hairland Holdings Ltd [2025] NZCA 219).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to allow the appeal on the basis that the Employment Relations Authority does not have jurisdiction to hear an application, brought by a purported employer against the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, the Labour Inspector and/or its workers, for a bare declaration that its workers are not employees under s 6(1) of the Employment Relations Act 2000.
1 October 2025

Civil appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The first to eighth respondents must pay the applicants one set of costs of $1000.
17 August 2026

Civil Appeal 

A Leave to appeal is granted (Attorney-General v Parore [2025] NZCA 328, [2025] 2 NZLR 751). 
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to allow the appeal. 
2 December 2025

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
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A The appeal is allowed.
B The respondent must pay costs of $38,800 plus usual
disbursements. We allow for second counsel.
C The costs award made by the Court of Appeal is set aside
and replaced by an order of costs in the appellants’ favour
for a standard appeal on a band A basis together with usual
disbursements.
D Costs in the High Court are to lie where they fall.
4 September 2026

Criminal Appeal

A Leave to appeal is granted (F (CA126/2025) v R [2025] NZCA 385).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal.
9 December 2025

Criminal Appeal 

A The application for leave to appeal is granted.
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the applicant’s appeal against conviction. 
5 March 2026

Criminal Appeal 

A Leave to appeal is granted in part (Watson v R [2025] NZCA 455). The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to conclude no miscarriage of justice arose from the decision of the trial Judge to admit the visual identification evidence of Guy Wallace.
B The application for leave to appeal is otherwise dismissed.
10 March 2026

Criminal Appeal 

A Leave to appeal is granted (Mulford v R [2025] NZCA 444).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal.
18 December 2025

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal