16 Feb 2017
Re Applications for access to Court files [2017] NZHC 172
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 172
- Court
- High Court
Given the age of the proceedings (over 100 years) and minimal residual privacy interests, the public interest in permitting historical and family research outweighed confidentiality concerns; existing suppression prevents publication but does not justify denying supervised access to the applicant and her immediate family for personal research purposes.