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
T (SC 51/2025) v The King
Case number
SC 51/2025
High Court decision
Not publicly available
Court of Appeal decision
Not publicly available
Case name
Kayleb Renata v The King
Case number
SC 52/2025
Summary
Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Case name
Mary Louise Shores v Charles Alan Howden and Withers & Co Trustee Co Ltd as Trustees of the Charles Alan Howden Family Trust and Carolyn Ann Howden and Withers & Co Trustee Co Ltd as Trustees of the Carolyn Ann Howden Family Trust
Case number
SC 53/2025
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Case name
Peter Karl Christopher Huljich v The King
Case number
SC 54/2025
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Glenpanel Development Limited v Expert Consenting Panel
Case number
SC 55/2025
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Case name
Benjamin Richard Henderson v The King
Case number
SC 56/2025
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

District Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Ingenious Asset Management Limited v Simon McConnon, John Baird McConnon, Kevin Bruce Ramsey, Stephen Mark Lawrence and Christopher Carey McCullagh
Case number
SC 57/2025
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

High Court decision
Court of Appeal decision
Case name
David Allen Falamoe v The King
Case number
SC 58/2025
Summary

Criminal Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal

Court of Appeal decision
Case name
Mark Anthony Whittington v Solicitor-General
Case number
SC 59/2025
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring civil appeal

Case name
Stephen James Henare v Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Case number
SC 60/2025
Summary

Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal