Monday, 25 August 2025
*Original Content was created in November 2024
Dealing with Claims of Privacy and Confidentiality During Police Searches Under the Search and Surveillance Act
- Privileges and confidentiality rights recognised by the Search and Surveillance Act
- Police obligations (and consequences of non-compliance)
- Subject’s obligation to particularise their claim
- How to resolve disputes (and fishhooks to avoid)
Presented by Tim Bain, Partner, Luke Cunningham Clere
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how privilege and confidentiality interact with search powers under the Act
- Identify best practices and key risks when responding to contested claims
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Genevive Vear, Senior Lawyer, Ministry of Justice - Appeals Counsel, Public Defence Service Tauranga
Presenters
Genevive Vear, Senior Lawyer, Ministry of Justice - Appeals Counsel, Public Defence Service TaurangaGenevive is a senior lawyer and appeals counsel at the Public Defence Service. She has been with the PDS since 2009 and has appeared in a wide range of criminal matters in the lower and higher Courts across this time. She currently specialises in appellate work, with a special interest and expertise in mental health related matters. Her LLM (first class) from Auckland University specialised in mental health. She has written and spoken regularly on CPMIP related matters.
Tim Bain, Partner, Luke Cunningham Clere
Tim is a Senior Crown Prosecutor and a partner at the office of the Crown Solicitor for Wellington, Luke Cunningham Clere. He regularly conducts jury and Judge-alone trials for the Crown in the District and High Courts, as well as criminal appeals to the High Court and Court of Appeal. Aside from his criminal practice, Tim acts in a wide variety of litigation—including regulatory and disciplinary prosecutions, appeals against statutory decision-making, and judicial review proceedings. He also provides advice to public sector clients on their powers and obligations.
