11 Oct 2019
PETERS v BENNETT [2019] NZHC 2601
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2601
- Court
- High Court
The Court ordered the plaintiff to answer specified interrogatories that were directly relevant and not covered by privilege or oppressive (including questions about his application form, contact with MSD re letter dated 18 March 2014, admissions at the 26 July 2017 meeting, the cause of the overpayment where not privileged, identity of media leak if known, and prior refusals to receive 'no surprises' briefings where recollected), because those answers were necessary under HCR 8.38(4); the Court refused to order answers to questions that were privileged, irrelevant or oppressive (including ex…