20 Dec 2017
Dotcom v Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation [2017] NZHC 3262
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 3262
- Court
- High Court
Dismissed. Applicant failed to establish a reasonable prospect that the sealed Swery Proceedings file contained material relevant to the Extradition Proceedings, the US civil damages claims, or the NZ freezing orders; the request was speculative and the confidentiality interests and prior sealing order outweighed the limited public interest in access.
- Access to sealed court files
- Sealing orders
- Open justice vs confidentiality
- Damages quantification
- Duty of candour in extradition