30 Sept 2014
WISLANG v THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO [2014] NZHC 2382
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 2382
- Court
- High Court
The Associate Judge correctly applied r 8.20 and related authority, concluding the applicant's assertions were speculative and did not demonstrate a real probability of a defamation claim nor that it was impossible or impracticable to formulate a claim without the sought documents; moreover the impugned language was unlikely to be actionable and legitimate privacy/confidentiality interests supported redactions, so pre-litigation discovery and unredaction of document 87 were declined, with directions for a focused relodged application if pursued.