Amery v Mafart (No 2) - [1988] 2 NZLR 754

Criminal law — Practice and procedure — Search of criminal Court records — Whether the Criminal Proceedings (Search of Court Records) Rules are ultra vires — Whether counsel's outline of sentencing submissions handed to the Judge should be disclosed — Whether correspondence and administration records should be disclosed — Whether pre-sentence reports should be disclosed — Whether the sentencing notes recording the Judge's remarks upon sentence should be disclosed — Crimes Act 1961, s 409 - Criminal Justice Act 1985, ss 15, 17 and 18 - Official Information Act 1982, s 2(6)(a) - Criminal Proceedings (Search of Court Records) Rules 1974, r 2.