3 Sept 2019
HENDERSON v WALKER [2019] NZHC 2184
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2184
- Court
- High Court
The defendant (Walker) was liable for breach of confidence and invasion of privacy for specific distributions of the plaintiff's private electronic material after he was on notice of its confidential character (knowledge established by May–June 2011); the Tape Drive given to IRD on 12 April 2011 did not give rise to breach because defendant lacked knowledge the backup contained private material then; public interest and statutory powers justified some limited disclosures to authorities but did not justify disclosures to private third parties or certain transfers to the Official Assignee befor…