Brightwell v Accident Compensation Corporation - [1985] 1 NZLR 132

Practice and procedure — Production of documents for inspection — Claim of public interest immunity for documents of the Accident Compensation Corporation — In judicial review proceedings applicant challenged validity of Corporation's recommendations to the Minister under s 15(2)(i) of the Accident Compensation Act 1972 that there be no change to the maximum amounts which could be paid under s 119 and s 120 - Ministerial certificate claiming immunity stated that the disputed documents contained reasons for the Corporation's recommendations or were internal memoranda of the Corporation relating to the reasons for such recommendations — Whether the claim of public interest immunity justified withholding the documents from production — Code of Civil Procedure, R 163.