9 Apr 2021
SELLMAN v SLATER [2021] NZHC 752
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 752
- Court
- High Court
Given the high public interest, the extent of prior interlocutory adjudication and that a judge‑alone trial had commenced, the public interest in transparency outweighed general privacy/confidentiality concerns as to the parties' affidavit material; inspection of affidavits filed by the parties was therefore permitted except for affidavits containing suppressed medical details of the first defendant and specified medical affidavits, but access to the affidavit and materials filed by non‑party British American Tobacco (NZ) Limited was declined because BAT was a peripheral non‑party whose appli…