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.
12 December 2025
Case information summary 2025 (as at 18 December 2025) – Cases where leave granted (PDF, 87 KB)
Case information summary 2025 (as at 18 December 2025) – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 121 KB)
All years
B There is no order as to costs.
1 October 2024
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal.
24 February 2025
- Hearing date 6 May 2025 Appellant's submissions (PDF, 691 KB)
- Hearing date 6 May 2025 Respondent's submissions (PDF, 595 KB)
- Hearing date 6 May 2025 Intervener Submissions (PDF, 215 KB)
- Hearing date 19 November 2024 Transcript (PDF, 305 KB)
- Hearing date 6 May 2025 Transcript (PDF, 658 KB)
- Hearing date 6 May 2025 Case Synopsis (PDF, 487 KB)
- SC 55/2024 Students for Climate Solutions Incorporated v Minister of Energy and Resources (Recorded, 6 May 2025)
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
C The applicant must pay the second, third and fifth respondents one set of costs of $1,250 and the fourth respondent costs of $1,250.
30 August 2024
13 August 2024
B The applicant must pay the first respondent costs of $2,500.
24 September 2024
Civil Appeal
A The applications for leave to appeal and cross-appeal are granted (Whangarei District Council v Daisley [2024] NZCA 161).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to (1) dismiss the appeal against the High Court’s finding that the applicant was liable in negligence; and (2) allow the appeal against the High Court’s finding that the applicant was liable for misfeasance in public office, for which it should pay exemplary damages.
25 September 2024
- Hearing date 18 March 2025 Appellant submissions (PDF, 2.3 MB)
- Hearing date 18 March 2025 Respondent Submissions (PDF, 295 KB)
- Hearing date 18 March 2025 Cross Appellants submissions (PDF, 232 KB)
- Hearing date 18 March 2025 Cross Respondent submissions (PDF, 1.6 MB)
- Hearing date 18 March 2025 Appellant submissions on Continuing Breach (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- Hearing date 18 March 2025 Appellant oral outline (PDF, 2.4 MB)
- Hearing date 18 March 2025 Respondent oral outline on appellant's appeal (PDF, 5.6 MB)
- Hearing date 18 March 2025 Respondent oral outline on Cross Appeal (PDF, 6.3 MB)
- Hearing date 18 19 March 2025 Transcript (PDF, 990 KB)
- Hearing date 18 19 March 2025 Case Synopsis (PDF, 461 KB)
- SC 59/2024 Whangarei District Council v Malcolm James Daisley (Recorded, 19 March 2025)
- SC 59/2024 Whangarei District Council v Malcolm James Daisley (Recorded, 18 March 2025)
B There is no order as to costs.
8 July 2024
B The applicant must pay one set of costs of $2,500 to the first, second, third and fifth respondents.
27 August 2024
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
6 September 2024
B The applicant must pay the third respondent costs of $2,500.
25 September 2024