Police v Tyson - [1989] 3 NZLR 507

Criminal law — Practice and procedure — Discovery — Disclosure before trial of information held by police concerning accused — Accused was charged with arson following information supplied to police by insurance company — Accused sought pre-trial discovery of that information — Whether information should not be disclosed because it emanated from insurance company and not as a result of normal police inquiries — Whether the fact that information would not be discoverable in any civil proceedings prevented discovery in criminal proceedings — Official Information Act 1982, ss 6 and 24.