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.
20 March 2026
Case information summary 2025 (as at 20 March 2026) – Cases where leave granted (PDF, 88 KB)
Case information summary 2025 (as at 20 March 2026) – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 123 KB)
All years
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal is dismissed.
16 October 2025
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The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 16 October 2025 (Parker v New Zealand Police [2025] NZSC 142) is dismissed.
9 December 2025
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
The application leave to appeal is dismissed.
16 October 2025
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
11 November 2025
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
- Hearing date 19 - 20 March 2026 Appellant's submissions (PDF, 734 KB)
- Hearing date 19 - 20 March 2026 Appellant's chronology (PDF, 286 KB)
- Hearing date 19 20 March 2026 Appellant's oral outline (PDF, 169 KB)
- Hearing date 19 - 20 March 2026 Respondent's submissions (PDF, 619 KB)
- Hearing date 19 - 20 March 2026 Respondent's chronology (PDF, 323 KB)
- Hearing date 19 20 March 2026 Respondent's oral outline (PDF, 384 KB)
- Hearing date 19 - 20 March 2026 Human Rights Commission's submissions (PDF, 346 KB)
- Hearing date 19 20 March 2026 Human Rights Commission's oral outline (PDF, 209 KB)
- Hearing date 19 - 20 March 2026 NZLS submissions (PDF, 909 KB)
- Hearing date 19 - 20 March 2026 Case Synopsis (PDF, 367 KB)
- Livestream Thursday 19 - Friday 20 March 2026 (Livestream, 19 March 2026)
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
21 November 2025
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
A The application for leave to adduce further evidence is
dismissed.
B The application for leave to file submissions in reply on the
above application is dismissed.
C Costs are reserved.
15 October 2025
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A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicants must pay the respondent one set of costs of $2,500.
21 November 2025
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
17 November 2025
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B The applicant must pay the first respondent costs of $2,500.
7 November 2025
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
25 November 2025
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
25 November 2025