New Zealand Case Law

29 Jun 2016

Williams v Craig [2016] NZHC 1453

Citation

[2016] NZHC 1453

Court

High Court

Ms MacGregor failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that document A6 was prepared for the dominant purpose of litigation before a court/Tribunal; consequently the s56 privilege did not apply and disclosure to the parties was ordered subject to confidentiality protections.

• Non-party discovery
• Privilege for preparatory materials
• Dominant purpose test
• Confidentiality orders
• Human rights act s62
• Evidence act s56