5 Oct 2021
PATEL v DUNBAR [2021] NZHC 2634
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2634
- Court
- High Court
The Court recalled its earlier judgment for the limited purpose of reconsidering the precise terms of the discovery orders. The Court held the Dunbar interests are entitled to a comprehensive list of hardware, email addresses and telephone numbers materially used for the business and to discovery of electronic exchanges with customers, but inspection of mixed personal devices must be proportionate: cloning by a forensic specialist is permissible, initial relevance review should be performed by the Patel interests' solicitors who must categorise material as personal or business with a mechanis…