New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Public access vs privacy

Legal area

Court

9 Aug 2021

SMART and BROWN v PHOTONIC INNOVATIONS LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) [2021] NZHC 2046 [9 August 2021]

Citation

[2021] NZHC 2046
Court

High Court

Given the absence of opposition from served parties and a demonstrated genuine journalistic reason, the Court granted access to the court file under the Senior Courts (Access to Court Documents) Rules 2017 but exercised its discretion to exclude the unredacted affidavit of Ms Smart dated 21 December 2020 (Document 5) from inspection.
1 Apr 2021

Re Wickens [2021] NZHC 736 .

Citation

[2021] NZHC 736
Court

High Court

Given the applicant's identifiable personal interest, the absence of alternative sources, and her representations that she will not publish, the court exercised its discretion to permit limited inspection of relevant parts of the divorce file without copying and subject to a prohibition on publication, while protecting the privacy of primary and third parties.