21 Aug 2013
CAPITAL + MERCHANT FINANCE LTD (IN RECEIVERSHIP AND IN LIQUIDATION) v STACE HAMMOND [2013] NZHC 2121
- Citation
- [2013] NZHC 2121
- Court
- High Court
Journalists have a legitimate public interest and the defendant had no special confidentiality or privacy interest; the fact of the proceedings was already public, the pleadings were professionally pleaded and not scurrilous, and disclosure would not cause significant additional prejudice — accordingly access to inspect and copy the statement of claim and defence was granted.