Second court appearance for fund manager accused of assault

The NZ Herald reported that the man appeared at Auckland District Court, represented by Ian Brookie, before Judge John Bergseng, who set a trial date for next year and left the question of continuing name suppression for a later hearing.

Media lawyer Robert Stewart was in court to argue against ongoing name suppression on behalf of the Herald publisher NZME and Radio New Zealand.

But the judge said that could not be dealt with today in the context of a busy district court list, instead setting a five-day trial date starting on March 11 next year.

Arguments for and against name suppression will be heard on August 18 in the same court.