16 Apr 2019
STAPLES & ANOR v FREEMAN & ORS [2019] NZHC 839 .
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 839
- Court
- High Court
The court held media defendants must comply with the specificity requirements of Associate Judge Matthews' orders and the High Court Rules: documents in Part 4 cannot be grouped by vague themes and must be described in accordance with Part 2 of Schedule 9 unless a proper same-nature grouping applies; because defendants asserted inability to recall details they must file further sworn affidavits stating what they can recall (senders/recipients/authors/identities of proceedings) and confirm inability to recover deleted electronic records; particulars of publication facts were largely sufficient…