Pallin v Department of Social Welfare - [1983] NZLR 266

Infants and children — Child welfare — Admissibility of medical evidence in complaint proceedings — Nature of 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 — Whether complaint proceedings were civil proceedings — Children and Young Persons Act 1974, ss 27 and 29 — Evidence Amendment Act (No 2) 1980, s 32.