28 Jun 2016
NSK LIMITED & ANOR v GENERAL EQUIPMENT CO LIMITED [2015] NZHC 1424
- Citation
- [2015] NZHC 1424
- Court
- High Court
The Court held confidentiality is not a standalone bar to disclosure; GE must disclose the redacted customer names and details and file a supplementary affidavit of documents because the information is relevant and proportionate to discovery, but ordered that GE is not required to locate the remaining 'missing' supplier invoices where that would be disproportionate and refused to remove redactions from Barton emails (non-NSK brand names and price lists) as those redactions preserved legitimate commercial confidentiality; the Court also ordered split trials to determine liability first and qua…