20 Apr 2009
STOVES V COMMISSIONER OF POLICE HC CHCH CIV-2009-409-000011
- Citation
- openlaw-6dc7cf9e_00a0_4d88_af31_8bf4c9d5db6a.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The appeal is struck out because the 30 day appeal period in s123(4) Human Rights Act 1993 was not complied with and that time limit is not extendable; moreover, on the merits the Tribunal correctly applied s27(1)(c) of the Privacy Act 1993 and law protecting informant anonymity, and there is no special exception merely because the informant may be connected to a public sector organisation; disclosure was likely to prejudice the maintenance of the law and would have a chilling effect on informants.