10 May 2018
NICOLAS ALFRED HAGER v HER MAJESTY’S ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2018] NZHC 1017
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 1017
- Court
- High Court
The court concluded the Crown had undertaken a comprehensive review and filed a supplementary affidavit identifying further documents; there was a limited failure to disclose at least one job sheet but the breaches were not egregious and did not justify declarations of non-compliance or contempt; OIA/PA processes are separate and cannot be pre-empted by judicial review absent Ombudsman findings; the appropriate relief is case management directions to complete disclosure and preparation for the substantive trial rather than the sweeping declarations or sanctions sought by the applicant.