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) 

2026

Case name
Q (SC 70/2026) v The King
Case number
SC 70/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Jimel Desma Tiana Burns-Wong-Tung v The King
Case number
SC 71/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Case name
VXO v Te Whatu Ora | Health New Zealand
Case number
SC 72/2026
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Employment Court decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Wairarapa Moana Ki Pouākani Incorporation v Attorney-General
Case number
SC 73/2026
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Case name
Katharine Jones and Charles Wedd v Environmental Protection Authority
Case number
SC 74/2026
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Case name
C (SC 75/2026) v The King
Case number
SC 75/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Result

A The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
B We make a permanent direction that judgments, orders, documents or files of any kind related to the application (except for this judgment) may not be accessed, except by counsel for the parties, without prior permission of this Court pursuant to r 5(2) of the Senior Courts (Access to Documents) Rules 2017.
9 September 2026

District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Leave judgment - leave dismissed
Case name
R v The King
Case number
SC 76/2026
Summary

Order prohibiting publication of the judgment and any part of the proceedings (including the result) in news media or on the internet or other publicly available database until final disposition of trial.

High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
B (SC 77/2026) v The King
Case number
SC 77/2026
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
W v Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Case number
SC 78/2026
Summary

Order prohibiting publication of the judgment and any part of the proceedings (including the result) in news media or on the internet or other publicly available database until final disposition of trial.

District Court decision
Not publicly available
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Peter Robin O'Neill v Xinhong (Victor) Jia
Case number
SC 79/2026
Summary

Criminal appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Court of Appeal decision