Pallin v Department of Social Welfare - [1982] 2 NZLR 666

Infants and children — Child welfare — Admissibility of medical evidence in complaint proceedings — Judge had found complaint alleging that child was in need of care and protection proved — He had based his findings on medical evidence which the child's mother had claimed was privileged — Whether medical evidence had been properly admitted — Children and Young Persons Act 1974, ss 27 and 29 - Evidence Amendment Act (No 2) 1980, s 32.