11 Jun 2014
RICE v HEANEY QC [2014] NZHC 1311
- Citation
- (2014) 22 PRNZ 159
- Court
- High Court
Access to the statement of claim, statement of defence and other pleadings was refused at this pre-hearing stage because, on balancing the r 3.16 factors, publication of contested and untested allegations would be unfair and prejudicial, the pleadings contain commercially confidential and private information that should not be pre-emptively disclosed, and the principle of open justice has limited force prior to substantive hearings; however access to the procedural court minute dated 8 May 2014 was granted because it is a formal court record containing only procedural timetable directions and…