Dotcom v Attorney-General - [2015] 1 NZLR 745

Criminal practice and procedure — Mutual assistance — Search warrants — Warrant issued on incorrect form, deficient in identifying offences and country concerned — Warrant contained broad description of property to be seized — Whether defects of form or substance — Whether warrants general and invalid — Seizure of computers and similar devices — Whether conditions relating to sorting relevant from irrelevant material should have been imposed — Whether miscarriage of justice caused — Whether surrounding circumstances to be taken into account — Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1966, s 44.

Criminal practice and procedure — Search warrants — Warrant issued on incorrect form and deficient in identifying offences and country concerned — Warrant contained broad description of property to be seized — Whether defects of form or substance — Whether warrants general and invalid — Seizure of computers and similar devices — Whether conditions relating to sorting relevant from irrelevant material should have been imposed — Whether miscarriage of justice caused — Whether surrounding circumstances to be taken into account — Observations on issues raised by searches of computers and similar devices — Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1966, s 44.