New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Apology

Legal area

Court

31 Jan 2017

CRAIG v STRINGER [2017] NZHC 50

Citation

[2017] NZHC 50
Court

High Court

Because the parties reached and recorded a full and final settlement at the conference, the Court entered a consent judgment for the plaintiff in respect of the specified defamatory publications, recorded the defendant's retraction and apology and noted payment of a confidential settlement; other claims were dismissed and no order as to costs was made.
16 Sept 2013

McLEAN v THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT [2013] NZHC 2412

Citation

[2013] NZHC 2412
Court

High Court

The defendant established there is no evidential basis for finding an enforceable oral agreement was concluded; negotiations continued after the meetings, essential terms (amount and basis of compensation or mechanism to fix it) were not agreed and cannot be implied, and payments/apology were remedial rather than evidence of a binding contract; accordingly the plaintiffs' claim has no real prospect of success and summary judgment is granted for the defendant.