Kim Dotcom v United States of America

[2013] NZSC 51

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

SC 30/2013
[2013] NZSC 51

BETWEEN  KIM DOTCOM, FINN BATATO, MATHIAS ORTMANN AND BRAM VAN DER KOLK
Appellants

AND  THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
First Respondent

AND  THE DISTRICT COURT AT NORTH SHORE
Second Respondent

Court:             Elias CJ, William Young and Chambers JJ

Counsel:         P J Davison QC, W Akel, G J S R Foley and R C Woods for Appellants
M R Heron QC, Solicitor-General, for First Respondent

Judgment:      16 May 2013

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

A        Leave to appeal is granted. 

B        The approved ground is: was the Court of Appeal correct to hold that the disclosure orders made in the District Court and upheld by the High Court were wrongly made? 

Solicitors:
Simpson Grierson, Auckland, for Applicants
Crown Law Office, Wellington, for First Respondent