Attorney-General for the United Kingdom v Wellington Newspapers Ltd - [1988] 1 NZLR 129

Conflict of laws — Foreign law — British Government sought injunction and damages in respect of publication in New Zealand of extracts from book Spycatcher written by former member of British Security Service — Whether author owed a duty of confidence to British Government and whether that duty was prima facie broken — Whether proceedings were barred on basis that Court will not enforce a foreign penal or other public law — Whether prior publication of the information or parts thereof in other countries destroyed confidentiality — Whether New Zealand Courts can adjudicate on public interest of another country — Whether in the public interest of New Zealand the information should be published.