24 Mar 2023
RE HARDER (NO 2) [2023] NZHC 620
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 620
- Court
- High Court
Balancing the public interest in maintaining privilege against the competing public interest in transparency, the Court concluded that disclosure of the remaining documents over which privilege was claimed should be authorised under s57(2B) because partial disclosure had already occurred, the withheld documents raised no new independent issues, and transparency and open justice outweighed the reasons for continued non-disclosure; the Court therefore granted access to the court file including the privileged communications and directed practical steps for access to the recording and transcripti…