Convicted murderer Susan Neill-Fraser's legal team is fighting for access to documents as part of an appeal against parole conditions that prevent her from speaking to the media.

The 71-year-old grandmother served 13 years behind bars for killing partner Bob Chappell on the couple's yacht moored in Hobart on Australia Day 2009.

She was released on parole in 2022 and recently launched legal action against a condition preventing her from communicating directly or indirectly to media to "claim her alleged innocence".

The condition was in place to protect Mr Chappell's family and friends from further trauma and distress, the parole board said.

Neill-Fraser's lawyer Hannah Canham told the Supreme Court of Tasmania she was seeking documents that were before the parole board at the time of it

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