NZ Private Prosecution Service Ltd v Key (Strike-Out Application) [2015] NZHRRT 48 [pdf, 157 KB]
...allocation of public resources to a hearing and to trouble the defendant with it. It can serve as a valuable curb on unnecessary or improper claims, stopping the proceeding at the outset. But a party who lacks a personal interest in a proceeding may be permitted to pursue it if able to satisfy the ultimate test of whether such leave is warranted by the public interest in the administration of justice and the vindication of the rule of law. Where there is such public interest the courts, s...