30 Mar 2020
AB v R [2020] NZHC 658
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 658
- Court
- High Court
Although publication would cause significant reputational and employment harm to AB, that harm did not meet the statutory threshold of 'extreme hardship' because much of it reflects consequences that ordinarily attend high-profile criminal proceedings; on balance the open justice principle and the public interest (including political dimension and public scrutiny) outweigh AB's privacy and rehabilitation interests, so permanent name suppression is not justified and the appeal is dismissed while interim suppression is continued for a limited period.