The Supreme Court overturned the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries’ decision on Total Allowable Catch (“TAC”) for the East Coast tarakihi fishery (“East Coast Fishery”), despite Seafood New Zealand succeeding on one ground of appeal. The key issues were whether the Minister’s decision could consider social, cultural, and economic factors (“SCE factors”), and what probability of rebuild success the Minister could choose.

The Court of Appeal overturned an injunction, allowing a bank to close a client's account due to human rights abuse concerns, ruling there was no arguable case that the account closure breached the client’s rights.

A climate change advocacy group was unsuccessful in judicial review proceedings challenging the grant of two petroleum exploration permits.