30 Nov 2015
HOYLE v TRANSPREAD INTERNATIONAL LIMITED [2015] NZHC 3001
- Citation
- [2015] NZHC 3001
- Court
- High Court
The Court declined to order discovery of the Category A laser cutting/shape files because the defendant's sworn affidavits are presumptively conclusive and the duty to preserve those documents did not endure indefinitely given litigation was not continuously reasonably contemplated; the Court upheld litigation privilege over the Category B communications but held the defendant must file and serve a r 8.15‑compliant affidavit particularising the searches and steps taken to locate correspondence with North Shore Laser Cutters/One Stop Cutting Shop (without disclosing privileged content) to enab…