20 Nov 2017
Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association Inc v Brett [2017] NZHC 2846
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 2846
- Court
- High Court
LVVTA had pecuniary loss (opportunity cost of staff time) and could sue; of 35 statements 10 were defamatory of both LVVTA and Johnson, 11 of LVVTA only, 5 of Johnson only and 9 not defamatory; absolute privilege protected statements contained in an affidavit and hyperlinking to the affidavit did not defeat that privilege; qualified privilege applied to statements about LVVTA's public regulatory functions and defeated liability for LVVTA but did not protect defamatory statements about the individual (Johnson); certain Settlement Agreement clauses that impermissibly restricted freedom of expre…