6 Oct 2023
SAFARI CONSTRUCTION (2005) LTD v CONCEPT BUILDINGS QUEENSTOWN LTD [2023] NZHC 2811
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 2811
- Court
- High Court
Because the application sought documents from a pre-substantive freezing order proceeding where pleadings are open and affidavits are untested, and because a generalized assertion of likely relevance is insufficient, the balance of open justice and confidentiality favors refusing access; untested allegations will not materially assist the third party's separate dispute, so access is declined.