10 Mar 2015
MACDONALD v SOMERSET SMITH PARTNERS [2015] NZHC 421
- Citation
- [2015] NZHC 421
- Court
- High Court
Because the proceedings had not begun and general access did not apply, and after balancing the defendants' commercial privacy interests against the public interest (noting plaintiffs' consent and that publication of the Associate Judge's strike-out judgment would provide a public record), the Duty Judge was not persuaded public interest required release of the pleadings and therefore declined the media's application.