17 Dec 2007
SIEVWRIGHTS V APOSTOLAKIS HC WN CIV 2005 485 527
- Citation
- openlaw-4e3115e0_1ba8_47e1_abc7_0c3a35c5a4fd.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The 3 March 1997 letter constituted personal information about identifiable individuals (the Apostolakises); the 22 April 1997 request by the client for a copy objectively triggered Privacy Act obligations under Principle 6; the letter was readily retrievable by Sievwrights at that time and their failure to supply it amounted to an interference with Mrs Apostolakis's privacy; the Tribunal's award of $2,500 compensatory damages and refusal to grant costs to Sievwrights for the aborted proceedings were upheld; costs for the appeal payable to the Privacy Commissioner on a 2B basis and respondent…