28 Mar 2018
Clements v Auckland Council [2018] NZHC 553
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 553
- Court
- High Court
The court dismissed the applicant's discovery application because the categories were overbroad, disproportionate and in large part irrelevant to the March 2016 Council decision (including requests for post-decision materials and documents about other properties); the court declined to order security for costs despite the applicant's bankruptcy because ordering the requested security would likely stifle the proceeding, the applicant was not clearly a nominal plaintiff representing others, there was some public interest in the matter, and the claim was not demonstrably hopeless at interlocutor…