Civil Court Rules and Jury Charges

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Sunday, February 7, 2010

NJ RULES OF EVIDENCE NJRE RULE 533. EFFECT OF ERROR IN OVERRULING CLAIM OF PRIVILEGE N.J.S.A. 2A:84A-3

NJ RULES OF EVIDENCE NJRE RULE 533. EFFECT OF ERROR IN OVERRULING CLAIM OF PRIVILEGE
N.J.S.A. 2A:84A-32 provides:

(1) A party may predicate error on a ruling disallowing a claim of privilege only if he is the holder of the privilege.

(2) If a witness refuses to answer a question, under color of a privilege claimed pursuant to Rules 23 through 38 [Rules 501 through 531], after the judge has ordered the witness to answer, and a contempt proceeding is brought against the witness, the court hearing the same shall order it dismissed if it appears that the order directing the witness to answer was erroneous.