22 Sept 2020
WĀNAKA STAKEHOLDERS GROUP INCORPORATED v QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL [2020] NZHC 2472
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 2472
- Court
- High Court
Confidentiality orders were declined because the court found the documents were largely historical or draft, much of the material was public or superseded, COVID-19 materially undermined the commercial relevance of pre-COVID projections, and QAC did not prove real, specific adverse commercial impact sufficient to justify departing from open justice; however the court directed the documents not be available for public or media inspection to protect any residual commercial sensitivity.