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.

22 September 2026

Case information summary (as at 18 September 2026) –  Cases where leave granted (PDF, 112 KB)
Case information summary (as at 18 September 2026)  – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 152 KB) 

All years

Case name
OHB (SC 90/2026) v The King
Case number
SC 90/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Anna Catherine Baker v John Jackson Baker and Sumit Design Developments Limited
Case number
SC 91/2026
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Rhys Richard Ngahiwi Warren v The King
Case number
SC 92/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Case name
Arun Kumar Kakkar v The King
Case number
SC 93/2026
Summary
Case name
JLR (SC 95/2026) v The King
Case number
SC 95/2026
Summary

Order prohibiting publication of the judgment and any part of the appeal (including the result) in news media or on the internet or other publicly available database until final disposition of proceeding. Publication in law report or law digest permitted.  

Case name
ABR (SC 96/2026) v The King
Case number
SC 96/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
S (SC 97/2026) v The King
Case number
SC 97/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Shane Daniel Alabaster v The King
Case number
SC 98/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Tanya Felicity Dunstan
Case number
SC 1/2025
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.
14 March 2025