29 Jul 2014
N R v DISTRICT COURT AT AUCKLAND [2014] NZHC 1767
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 1767
- Court
- High Court
Court found sufficient specified acts proved (loitering outside workplace, targeted emails including insulting material, hiring a private investigator and direct phone contact) to constitute a pattern of harassment under s 3 and to satisfy s 16 distress and necessity requirements; the five year restraining order was excessive and unjustified, and the indemnity costs order should be set aside and replaced with scale costs for a category 2 District Court proceeding; judicial review of interlocutory rulings was moot; legal demands/communications and privilege issues require fuller argument and a…