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New Zealand Case Law

Immunity and secrecy provisions
  • 4 Aug 2015

    WRIGHT v DARVILL & ORS [2015] NZHC 1821

    Citation
    [2015] NZHC 1821
    Court
    High Court

    The Court held the fourth defendant as pleaded (Her Majesty the Queen as a corporate US‑registered entity) was improperly joined and struck out; the Authority's s 32 secrecy and related immunity does not extend to documents it received before the plaintiff lodged his complaint, so limited discovery against the Authority (pre‑complaint documents) was ordered; general discovery against the Attorney‑General (police records concerning arrest/detention) was ordered because the police acted in their own right and are not entitled to claim Authority s 32 immunity for their investigatory file; applic…