Solicitor-General v Smith - [2004] 2 NZLR 540

Contempt of Court — Statements affecting pending civil trials — Whether private attempt to dissuade litigant made in good faith contempt of Court — Whether breach of statutory reporting restriction capable of being contempt of Court — Whether defence of public interest — Whether offence of scandalising the Court survived enactment of New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 5, 6 and 14.