B v Attorney-General - [1999] 2 NZLR 296

Tort — Negligence — Duty of care — Application to strike out — Alleged breach of duties owed to family members in respect of investigations by Department of Social Welfare and their consequences — Whether duty of care denied by public policy considerations — Department exercising discretionary powers — Statutory protection provisions — Witness immunity — Children and Young Persons Act 1974, s 5.