3 Jul 2014
MINISTER OF EDUCATION v IT ARCHITECTS LIMITED & OTHERS [2014] NZHC 1541
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 1541
- Court
- High Court
The court held that under standard discovery (r 8.7) the plaintiffs were only required to disclose documents that could be used in evidence; many documents were either irrelevant or properly subject to litigation privilege under s56 (dominant purpose proven for certain consultant reports and communications), redactions were justified and would not be set aside, communications with the Minister were matters of State or irrelevant and s70 would protect them, and there was no basis to order further inspection or supplementary affidavits—therefore the third parties' discovery applications were re…