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Supreme Court of New Zealand Wellington
SC 68/2006; [2007] NZSC 91
14 December 2006; 16 November 2007
Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath and Anderson JJ
SC 68/2006; [2007] NZSC 91
14 December 2006; 16 November 2007
Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath and Anderson JJ
Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Sufficient remedy — Whether exclusion of evidence necessarily sufficient remedy for breaches in obtaining evidence — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 23 and 24.
Tort — Breach of privacy — Scope of tort — Interview by police — Recording excluded from evidence — Whether reasonable expectation of privacy — Whether tort of breach of privacy applied.
Criminal practice and procedure — Access to court file — Court’s powers to order suppression of evidence before another court — Criminal Justice Act 1985, s 138.