Commissioner of Police v Andrews - [2015] 3 NZLR 515

Practice and procedure — Costs — Whether costs should follow event — Whether civil costs regime appropriate in human rights situation — Whether complainant should be discouraged by prospect of costs penalty — Whether error in taking complainant’s means into account — Whether complaint genuine — Criminal Disclosure Act 2008, s 6.

Human rights — Human Rights Review Tribunal — Privacy — Costs — Whether costs should follow event — Whether civil costs regime appropriate — Whether complainant should be discouraged by prospect of costs penalty — Whether error in taking complainant’s means into account — Whether complaint genuine — Criminal Disclosure Act 2008, s 6.

Tort — Breach of privacy — Police disclosure of personal text messages — Effect of relationship between Criminal Disclosure Act and Privacy Act — Whether messages relevant — Criminal Disclosure Act 2008, s 6.

Constitutional law — Act of State — Challenges to exercise of state power — Whether prospect of adverse costs order appropriate.