Supreme Court Decisions 2017

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Name	Date of Judgment	Reference	Media release
Auckland Council v Wendco (NZ) Limited	17 July 2017	[2017] NZSC 113	Media release
Torchlight No 1 LP (in receivership) v Wilaci Pty Limited	14 July 2017	[2017] NZSC 112
New Zealand Air Line Pilots’ Association Incorporated v Air New Zealand Limited	14 July 2017	[2017] NZSC 111	Media release
Alister James Reid v R	07 July 2017	[2017] NZSC 108
Wayne Thomas Patterson v R	06 July 2017	[2017] NZSC 107
Hawke's Bay Regional Investment Company Limited v Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated	06 July 2017	[2017] NZSC 106	Media release
Bruce James Spittle v R	06 July 2017	[2017] NZSC 105
Ahu Stanley Taylor v R	04 July 2017	[2017] NZSC 104
Tony Douglas Robertson v R	04 July 2017	[2017] NZSC 101
Z (SC 51/2017) v Z	03 July 2017	[2017] NZSC 102
Lakes International Golf Management Limited v Hartley Clendon Vincent	29 June 2017	[2017] NZSC 99	Media release
Malcolm Edward Rabson v Judicial Conduct Commissioner and Ors	29 June 2017	[2017] NZSC 100
John Archibold Banks v R	28 June 2017	[2017] NZSC 98
Malcolm Edward Rabson as Trustee of the Rabson Family Trust v Iain Bruce Shephard and Anor	23 June 2017	[2017] NZSC 97
Malcolm Edward Rabson v Judicial Conduct Commissioner and Ors	23 June 2017	[2017] NZ 96
Stevenson Brown Limited v Montecillo Trust	22 June 2017	[2017] NZSC 95
L (SC 31/2017) v R	21 June 2017	[2017] NZSC 94
Mathew Ngatai Te Moananui v R	20 June 2017	[2017] NZSC 93
Activedocs Limited v Cadre Investments Limited, Michael William Scott Stanbridge and Treasury Merchant Finance Limited	20 June 2017	[2017] NZSC 91
Osborne and Rockhouse v Worksafe New Zealand	19 June 2017	[2017] NZSC 90
B v Waitemata District Health Board	14 June 2017	[2017] NZSC 88	Media release
Kathryn Anne Harlen v The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development	12 June 2017	[2017] NZSC 87
Michael John Denney v R	09 June 2017	[2017] NZSC 85
Glenn Roderick Holland v The Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections	08 June 2017	[2017] NZSC 86
Angela Janice Harrison v Graeme Ross Harrison and Adrienne Harrison	08 June 2017	[2017] NZSC 84
Todd Aaron Marteley v R	08 June 2017	[2017] NZSC 83
Southland Indoor Leisure Centre Charitable Trust v Invercargill City Council	30 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 81
Janferie Maeve Almond v Bruce James Read	30 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 80	Media release
Oraka Technologies Limited v Napier Tool & Die Co Limited	26 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 79
Hamish McIntosh v John Howard Ross Fisk and David John Bridgman	26 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 78	Media release
Ian Edward Hitchcock v The Queen	17 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 71
Alan Ivo Greer v The Queen	16 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 75
Malcolm Edward Rabson v Judicial Conduct Commissioner and Ors	16 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 74
Todd Aaron Marteley v R	16 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 72
Wellington International Airport Ltd v NZ Airline Pilots' Association Industrial Union of Workers Inc and Anor	16 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 70
Nicholas David Wright v Vijay Bhosale and Attorney General	09 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 69
Midgen Enterprises Limited v UV Water Systems Limited	09 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 68
Malcolm Edward Rabson v Judicial Conduct Commissioner	09 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 66
Ram Chander Dahiya v The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment	08 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 67
Clarence John Faloon v Commissioner of Inland Revenue	05 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 65
Lynda Rose Barry v Francis Carlisle	04 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 64
Malcolm Edward Rabson v Linda Gallagher	04 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 63
de Wys v Commissioner of Police	04 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 62
Matthew John Young v The District Court at Hamilton	03 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 60
ASG v Harlene Hayne, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago	03 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 59	Media release
Solicitor-General's Reference (No 1 of 2016) from CRI-2015-485-52, High Court at Christchurch	03 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 58	Media release
Duthie and Taylor-Ruiterman v Denise Michelle Roose	02 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 57
Mateo Melina Nixon v R	02 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 56
Houghton v Saunders & Ors	02 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 55
Donna Michelle Ritchie v Accident Compensation Corporation	01 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 54
Mita Michael Ririnui v Landcorp Farming Limited	01 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 53
AN (SC 24/2017) v Bupa Care Services (New Zealand) Limited	01 May 2017	[2017] NZSC 52
B (SC 18/2017) v ALA (SC 18/2017)	26 April 2017	[2017] NZSC 51
Chisnall v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections	13 April 2017	[2017] NZSC 50
AN (SC 24/2017) v Bupa Care Services (New Zealand) Limited	12 April 2017	[2017] NZSC 49
Chatfield & Co Limited v Commissioner of Inland Revenue	11 April 2017	[2017] NZSC 48
Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd v McIntyre and Williamson Partnership and Ors	10 April 2017	[2017] NZSC 47
David Keith Silby v New Zealand Police	07 April 2017	[2017] NZSC 46
Malcolm Edward Rabson v Judicial Conduct Commissioner	05 April 2017	[2017] NZSC 45
Malcolm Edward Rabson v Linda Gallagher	05 April 2017	[2017] NZSC 44
An Application by Malcolm Edward Rabson	05 April 2017	[2017] NZSC 41
S (SC 148/2016) v R	04 April 2017	[2017] NZSC 43
Richard Lyall Genge v Superintendent of Christchurch Men's Prison	28 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 40
Gary Owen Burgess v Malley & Co	27 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 38
Malcolm Edward Rabson v Judicial Conduct Commissioner	27 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 39
Kamal Singh v R	24 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 37
W v Family Court at North Shore and Anor	17 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 35
F v The Queen	17 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 34
Amanda Adele White v Christopher Maurice Lynch	16 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 32
Todd Aaron Marteley v R	13 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 31
AFFCO NZ Ltd v NZ Meat Workers & Related Trade Unions Inc and Ors	09 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 30
Ian Edward Hitchcock v R	08 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 29
Ivan Vladimir Joseph Erceg v Lynette Therese Erceg and Darryl Edward Gregory as Trustees of Acorn Foundation Trust and Lynette Therese Erceg and Darryl Edward Gregory as Trustees of Independent Group Trust	08 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 28	Media release
Dillin Pakai v R	08 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 27
Y v The Attorney-General	07 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 26
X v YFT	07 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 25
Malcolm Edward Rabson v Attorney-General	03 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 22
Geary-Smart v R	03 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 23
Malcolm Edward Rabson	02 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 19
Mark Albert Horsfall v Diana Jane Potter	02 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 21
Rhys Richard (Ngahiwi) Warren v The Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections	02 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 20
Michael Kristian Olsen V R	02 March 2017	[2017] NZSC 18
Proprietors of Wakatu, Rore Pat Stafford and Rore Pat Stafford, Paul Te Poa Karoro Morgan, Waari Ward-Holmes, James Dargaville Wheeler (suing as Trustees of Te Kahui Ngahuru Trust) v Attorney-General	28 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 17	Media release
Leslie McGeachin v The Queen	24 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 16
Ram Chander Dahiya v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment	22 February 2017	[2016] NZSC 15
Crocodile International PTE Ltd v Lacoste	21 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 14	Media release
New Health New Zealand Incorporated v South Taranaki District Council and Attorney-General for and on behalf of the Minister of Health	20 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 13
David Brown v New Zealand Basing Limited	17 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 12
Rae Beverly Adlam v John Tionga Savage and Ors	17 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 11
Janine Davina Sax v Luke Andrew Simpson and Anor	17 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 10
Gary Owen Burgess v Malley & Co	16 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 9
Amanda Adele White v Christopher Maurice Lynch	16 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 8
Dinh Tu Do v New Zealand Police	13 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 7
T (SC 117/2016) v R	10 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 6
Dean James Charlton v R	09 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 5
Samuel Owen Weenink v R	09 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 4
J (SC 93/2016) v Accident Compensation Corporation	09 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 3
Hyun Su Park v Joong Song Kwak And Hye Sook Kwak	09 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 2
Jay Maui WALLACE (AKA Abdullah Maui Warahi) v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections	01 February 2017	[2017] NZSC 1