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1. [2025] NZEmpC 175 Wilson Parking NZ Ltd v Turner & Anor [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...proceedings without the disclosure of any more information about the private lives of individuals, or matters that are commercially sensitive, than is necessary to satisfy the principle of open justice; the protection of other confidentiality and privacy interests (including those of children and other vulnerable members of the community); the principle of open justice (including the encouragement of fair and accurate reporting of, and comment on, court hearings and decisions); an...

2. Mullane v Attorney-General (Request for Documents) [2020] NZHRRT 14 [pdf, 621 KB]

   1 (1) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2020] NZHRRT 14 Reference No. HRRT 011/2016 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN BRIAN GREGORY MULLANE PLAINTIFF AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson REPRESENTATION: Mr BG Mullane in person Ms D Harris for defendant DATE OF HEARING: H...

3. BORA Advice Maritime Crimes Amendment Bill [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...qualified approach taken by other jurisdictions and, particularly, decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada on the effect of context upon the right against unreasonable search,3 we proceed on the basis that there is a more limited, if any, expectation of privacy and/or protection for that privacy under the Bill of Rights Act in respect of searches undertaken outside New Zealand. 9. Having said that, we note the s 18 right to freedom of movement is specifically limited to those in New Zea...

4. Steele v Community Leisure Centre Ltd (Strike-Out Application) [2019] NZHRRT 9 [pdf, 254 KB]

   ...that his WAC membership was revoked. Later that day, Mr Steele met Mr Mullins and another WAC manager, Mr Scott Linklater, at the WAC. His membership was terminated at this meeting. [8] Mr Steele subsequently made a request to the WAC under the Privacy Act 1993 for a copy of the incident report. [9] On 4 July 2016, Mr Steele complained to the HRC alleging sexual harassment and naming the WAC as the respondent to his complaint. The HRC did not accept the complaint on the ground that...

5. Boyce v Westpac NZ Ltd [2015] NZHRRT 41 [pdf, 90 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2015] NZHRRT 41 Reference No. HRRT 012/2015 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN HUNTER CLIFFORD BOYCE PLAINTIFF AND WESTPAC NEW ZEALAND LIMITED DEFENDANT AT TAUPO BEFORE: Rodger Haines QC, Chairperson Mr MJM Keefe JP, Member Mr BK Neeson JP, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr M Bate for plaintiff Mr MJ Hendriksen and Ms K Verkerk for defendant DATE OF HEARING: 11 August 2015 DATE OF LAST...

6. FINAL_FLS_Lawyer-for-Child-Best_practice_guidelines_29.4.24.02.pdf [pdf, 432 KB]

   ...appointed by the Family Court.1 • Sometimes parents make requests for information from schools. • The legal bases for withholding information are: • the Official Information Act 1982; • the Education and Training Act 2020; and • the Privacy Act 2020. • Principle 11 of the Privacy Act 2020 is particularly relevant to disclosure of information from schools when such disclosure is deemed necessary for the conduct of any proceedings before any court (see Appendix One)....

7. [2024] NZEmpC 15 Lanigan v Fonterra Brands (New Zealand) Ltd [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...Hearing: On the papers Appearances: BA Smith and T Oldfield, counsel for plaintiffs R Rendle, counsel for defendant G Iddamalgoda, counsel for New Zealand Council of Trade Unions as applicant intervener I Clarke and S Cates, counsel for Privacy Foundation New Zealand Incorporated as applicant intervener Judgment: 13 February 2024 INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS (Applications for leave to appear as interveners) [1] The New Zealand...

8. KY v DZ LCRO 174/2015 (25 October 2016) [pdf, 76 KB]

   ...guard of being obstructive. He proposes other means by which Mr DZ could have contacted him or delivered documents and includes reference to FCR 110. [22] The major concern Mr KY expresses in his complaint, however, is that Mr DZ breached his privacy by handing the proceedings to someone other than Mr KY, and without first putting them into an envelope. Mr KY expresses the view that Mr DZ’s failure to protect his privacy, and “the privacy of such matters as directed under the Fa...

9. BORA Criminal Proceeds and Instruments Bill [pdf, 350 KB]

   ...person’s possessory interest in property falls relatively easily within that plain language. However, we note that the Court of Appeal has referred to the "touchstone" in s 21 BORA being "the protection of reasonable expectations of privacy."[8] 19. However, the New Zealand jurisprudence has been somewhat inconsistent in the application of this concept to particular fact situations. In the early case of Alwen Industries v Comptroller of Customs[9] Blanchard J had to...

10. [2025] NZEmpC 93 CG v Calendar Girls NZ Ltd [pdf, 264 KB]

    ...their name and threats towards their property. The second plaintiff made general reference to health struggles and risk of increased stress with publication in their affidavit. [13] The affidavits provide that the plaintiffs have protected their privacy by using a different name when working in the sex industry and protecting their personal information. Safety risks if clients learn of personal information are referred to in the affidavits. [14] Attached to the affidavit...