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.

27 June 2025

Case information summary 2025 (as at 27 June 2025) –  Cases where leave granted (PDF, 122 KB)
Case information summary 2025 (as at 27 June 2025)  – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 96 KB)

2025

Case name
Michael and Julia Fuge, Bryce Marlowe Town, Chloe Ann Fuge and Julia Elizabeth Fuge as Trustees of the Aberdeen Four Trust v Wimax New Zealand Limited
Case number
SC 31/2025
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
High Court decision
FUGE & ORS v WIMAX NEW ZEALAND LIMITED [2022] NZHC 2922 [8 November 2022]
Court of Appeal decision
WIMAX NEW ZEALAND LIMITED v FUGE [2025] NZCA 31 [26 February 2025]
Case name
Rebecca Elizabeth Lane v Anne Veronica Goldson and Benjamin James Goldson, as executors of the Estate of Donald Algernon Gifford
Case number
SC 32/2025
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
High Court decision
LANE v GOLDSON [2023] NZHC 2620 [20 September 2023]
Court of Appeal decision
[2025] NZCA 36
Case name
Clover v Moss
Case number
SC 33/2025
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
[2025] NZCA 46
Case name
C (SC 34/2025) v R
Case number
SC 34/2025
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
[2025] NZCA 47
Case name
Peter Malcolm Fuller v Sonny Patel
Case number
SC 35/2025
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
High Court decision
FULLER v PATEL [2024] NZHC 1866 [9 July 2024]
Court of Appeal decision
FULLER v PATEL [2025] NZCA 72 [24 March 2025]
Case name
Peter Malcolm Fuller v Grant Alistair Fraser
Case number
SC 36/2025
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Court of Appeal decision
[2025] NZCA 81
Case name
Brendan Kent Day v The King
Case number
SC 37/2025
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
[2025] NZCA 76
Case name
Lawyers for Climate Action NZ Incorporated v Climate Change Commission and Minister of Climate Change
Case number
SC 38/2025
Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
High Court decision
LAWYERS FOR CLIMATE ACTION NZ INCORPORATED v THE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION [2022] NZHC 3064 [23 November 2022]
Court of Appeal decision
LAWYERS FOR CLIMATE ACTION NZ INC v CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION [2025] NZCA 80 [28 March 2025]
Case name
Melota Metuala v The King
Case number
SC 39/2025
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
District Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
METUALA v R [2024] NZCA 50 [11 March 2024]
Case name
W v The King
Case number
SC 40/2025
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 DISPOSITON OF RETRIAL. PUBLICAITON IN LAW REPORT OR LAW DIGEST PERMITTED.
District Court decision
Not publicly available
High Court decision
Not publicly available
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