23 Nov 2018
SELLMAN v SLATER [2018] NZHC 3057
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 3057
- Court
- High Court
At interlocutory stage the hacked documents were not excluded because the plaintiffs produced sufficient indicia of authenticity and relevance and admissibility issues can be addressed at trial; plaintiffs satisfied the low threshold for particular discovery against Slater, Graham and FCL under r 8.19 for emails, comments metadata, OIA materials and invoices limited to relevance to the pleaded publications and services, while discovery against Rich and NZFGC is limited to terms/scope of services, ongoing disclosure and enquiries made; plaintiffs' broader discovery into reputation and publicat…