New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Interrogatories in judicial review

Legal area

Court

26 Feb 2020

A v MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS [2020] NZHC 287

Citation

[2020] NZHC 287
Court

High Court

Leave to administer interrogatories was refused for questions seeking reasons for considerations not taken into account (categories 1 and 2 and comparable questions); interrogatories that would disclose CSI are to be addressed by liaison between Crown Law and the special advocate with a mandated memorandum on what would involve CSI and what CSI the special advocate already has; questions about the scope of adverse consequences (category 4) meet the threshold of necessity and relevance and should be answered subject to the limited disclosure regime; mechanical/documentary clarifications must b…
21 Dec 2017

TONI COLIN REIHANA v RAKIURA TITI COMMITTEE & ORS [2017] NZCA 628

Citation

[2017] NZCA 628
Court

Court of Appeal

The Registrar's decisions were reviewed and partly set aside: security for costs for the interrogatories appeal (CA559) was fixed at the standard sum of $6,600 because the interrogatories appeal lacked merit and security could not be dispensed with, but an increase was not justified as the appeal could not be fairly described as vexatious on the material; security for costs for the stay appeal (CA560) was dispensed with because the appellant was shown to be impecunious on balance and the stay appeal was arguable such that access to the Court must be preserved; extension of time was granted to…