20 Jun 2014
STRAHL v MCKINNON & ORS [2014] NZHC 1411
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 1411
- Court
- High Court
The court refused the suppression orders because the open justice principle outweighed the asserted risk of commercial harm; the company constitution is a public record and its interpretation should be public; the evidence did not establish sufficient commercial sensitivity to justify suppression; however the court directed limited non-access to a specific affidavit under High Court Rules r3.9(3) during the substantive hearing stage and limited distribution of the judgments temporarily to protect appeal rights.
- Suppression orders
- Access to court records
- Declaratory relief
- Interpretation of company constitution
- Balancing public interest and commercial harm
- Appeal and interim distribution restrictions