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Topic

Deliberative process privilege

Legal area

Court

30 Jul 2021

SHARIFI v UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND [2021] NZHC 1955

Citation

[2021] NZHC 1955
Court

High Court

The public interest in permitting the litigant and the Court access to documents directly relevant to the review and enabling the applicant to replead his case outweighed the University’s public interest in maintaining confidentiality in respect of certain materials. Accordingly the Court ordered limited disclosure: examiner identities and substantive (Part 1 and Part 2) examiner reports, the final examination committee report (1 September 2020), supervisors' reports/comments and the oral examination report are to be produced for use only in these proceedings, while explicitly confidential ev…
31 Oct 2018

NORTHERN ACTION GROUP INCORPORATED v THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION [2018] NZHC 2823

Citation

[2018] NZHC 2823
Court

High Court

The Commission's affected area declaration was a separate, published and determinative decision and therefore appealable. However Northern Action's attempt to appeal that declaration out of time failed: the extension application was refused because the delay (about 18 months), inadequate justification and prejudice to the Commission made an extension contrary to the interests of justice. The Court refused to order disclosure of the Commission's communications with its expert advisers or further communications with Auckland Council beyond the comprehensive material already lodged because those…