Attorney-General v Birss - [1991] 1 NZLR 669

Practice and procedure — Production of documents for inspection — Claim of public interest immunity in respect of transcript of evidence given to Commission of Inquiry and its report — Warrant of appointment directed that the Commission of Inquiry be conducted in private and all matters would be confidential — Whether the claim of public interest immunity and claim of privilege by reason of confidentiality outweighed the appellant's opportunity to have a full and fair trial — High Court Rules, R 306.