Last week chief High Court judge Justice Helen Winkelmann ruled that the police search of Dotcom's rented Auckland mansion and the seizure of property there, including data shipped offshore to the US, was illegal.

Davison says the amount of the compensation being sought has not been discussed yet, but adds that his client wants access to the data and computers seized to assist his defense.

Justice Winkelmann clarified for the court that Dotcom is not seeking to exclude evidence seized from future proceedings.

Kim Dotcom and co-accused Finn Batato, Mathias Ortmann were present in court.

Meanwhile has reported that Dotcom is claiming that the shutdown of Megaupload was ordered by the White House after Hollywood studio executives met with US vice president Joe Biden. Publicly available White House logs show Biden met with a number of Hollywood executives and the Motion Picture Association's Asia Pacific managing director Mike Ellis.