3 Sept 2019
HYNDMAN v WALKER [2019] NZHC 2188
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2188
- Court
- High Court
All causes of action dismissed: defendant did not owe an enforceable duty of confidence to plaintiff in respect of documents belonging to a third party; disclosed material was not shown to be of the necessary quantity or character to establish invasion of privacy or to be highly offensive; liquidator is not a public officer for misfeasance in public office; no actionable breach of statutory duty shown; contempt claim failed on pleaded basis and remedy not made.