6 May 2016
CF v ATTORNEY-GENERAL SUED ON BEHALF OF THE MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION & ORS [2016] NZHC 918 [6 May 2016]
- Citation
- [2016] NZAR 848
- Court
- High Court
Although the Court had jurisdiction to review its interlocutory refusal and to order discovery prior to leave in principle, the application to vary the decision and obtain discovery was declined because the requested documents were not relevant or necessary to the narrow statutory issues for a s249 leave application (timeliness, whether issues could be dealt with on appeal, and whether they were of general or public importance); deliberative materials were not justified to decide those leave issues absent special circumstances such as an allegation of bias.