17 Dec 2015
HAGER v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2015] NZHC 3268
- Citation
- [2015] NZHC 3268
- Court
- High Court
The warrant and the search were declared fundamentally unlawful because the police failed to discharge the strict duty of candour by not informing the issuing judge of the relevance and weight of journalistic privilege (s 68 Evidence Act) and TVNZ principles, a material omission which rendered the warrant and consequent search unlawful.