Advice to DPMC about 'Yardley v Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety' in 2022

Erika Whittome made this Official Information request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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From: Erika Whittome

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

I request information from early 2022 pursuant to the Yardley case in the High Court:

YARDLEY v MINISTER FOR WORKPLACE RELATIONS AND SAFETY [2022] NZHC 975

[https://www.justice.govt.nz/jdo_document...

Please share any reviews, memos, comments, text messages, whatsapp (etc) and correspondence to the DPMC and its office from 15 February 2022 until 25 March 2022 about this case Yardley v Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety.

Yours faithfully,

Erika Whittome

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Kia ora,

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)
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From: Erika Whittome

Dear Information [DPMC],

Thank you for the update. I request any information containing legal advice is also included because it is my experience that redacted responses are completely illegible.

As well as ethical obligations, the attorney client privilege does not cover the cooperation and planning and enabling of the violation of laws. I request that if there are redacted statements, I request confirmation that these redacted statements do not discuss any violations of laws, such as the New Zealand Bill of Rights and the Human Rights Act 1990 or any other legislation.

Yours sincerely,

Erika Whittome

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communication of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. If you
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