Cornelius v Commissioner of Police - [1998] 3 NZLR 373

Criminal practice and procedure — Discovery — Privilege — Application for review of decision of police to withhold documents — Defendants charged with offences relating to large-scale cannabis growing — Whether appropriate to seek review at depositions stage — Appropriate forum for resolution of discoverability disputes — Personal and non-personal information — Internal correspondence, jobsheets and briefing documents — Defendants believed police had paid witness for evidence in addition to granting immunity from prosecution — Privacy Act 1993, ss 6, 27(c) and (d) and 29(1)(b).