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.
28 November 2025
Case information summary 2025 (as at 28 November 2025) – Cases where leave granted (PDF, 87 KB)
Case information summary 2025 (as at 28 November 2025) – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 120 KB)
All years
B The applicants must pay the respondent one set of costs of $2,500.
20 June 2024
B The applicants must pay the respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
24 July 2024
Civil Appeal
A Leave to appeal is granted (Attorney-General v Putua [2024] NZCA 67).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to allow the appeal.
1 August 2024
- Hearing date 27 28 February 2025 Appellants oral outline (PDF, 637 KB)
- Hearing date 27 28 February 2025 Respondents oral outline (PDF, 842 KB)
- Hearing date 27 28 February 2025 Appellant submissions (PDF, 386 KB)
- Hearing date 27 28 February 2025 Respondent submissions (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Hearing date 27 28 February 2025 Intervener submissions (PDF, 931 KB)
- Hearing date 27 28 February 2025 Case Synopsis (PDF, 481 KB)
- SC 31/2024 Koro Putua v Attorney-General (Recorded, 7 March 2025)
- SC 31/2024 Koro Putua v Attorney-General (Recorded, 28 February 2025)
- SC 31/2024 Koro Putua v Attorney-General (Recorded, 27 February 2025)
20 June 2024
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
18 June 2024
B The application for recall of this Court’s minute of 29 August 2024 is dismissed.
C The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
D The applicant must pay the respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
1 November 2024
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A The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 1 November 2024 (Deliu v Attorney-General [2024] NZSC 147) is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
C The Registrar is directed not to accept for filing any further recall applications relating to this matter.
22 November 2024
B The application for leave to appeal Maid v R [2024] NZCA 84 is dismissed.
31 July 2024
B The applicant must pay the respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
30 July 2024
19 August 2024
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
15 August 2024