15 Dec 2017
R v LYTTLE [2017] NZHC 3156
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 3156
- Court
- High Court
Application for court-ordered anonymous access to informers via an amicus is declined because the informer statements' content has already been disclosed, the defence cannot satisfy the s67(2) necessity threshold for an effective defence, and the court is not satisfied it has power or should exercise power to coerce such access which would intrude on informer anonymity; application to direct the Crown to call Dr Roger Shand under s113(3) is declined because the expert opinion is not necessary or relevant to the Crown's case and neither party advances the factual proposition it would address.