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  • 4 May 2020

    Stirrup [2020] NZHC 895

    Citation
    [2020] NZHC 895
    Court
    High Court

    The applicant, as the daughter of the parties to the 1962-63 divorce, has a legitimate and weighty personal interest; after almost 60 years privacy interests have diminished, one parent is deceased and the other cannot be contacted, and balancing the r12 and r13 factors with the statutory restriction in r7, there is good reason to permit access subject to a non-publication condition.