Port Nelson Ltd v Commerce Commission - [1994] 3 NZLR 435

Commercial law — Commerce Act — Pecuniary penalty proceedings — Whether a High Court Judge and at least one lay member must always hear and determine proceedings under Part VI of Commerce Act — Whether parties could be required to disclose in advance of trial its briefs of evidence and documents — Commerce Act 1986, ss 77(9) and 78.

Practice and procedure — Trial — Pretrial direction orders — Evidence — Privilege — Whether parties to pecuniary penalty proceedings under the Commerce Act could be required to disclose in advance of trial its briefs of evidence and documents — Principles applicable — High Court Rules, R 438.