11 Apr 2019
COLIN GRAEME CRAIG v JORDAN HENRY WILLIAMS [2019] NZSC 38
- Citation
- [2019] 1 NZLR 457
- Court
- Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held the Court of Appeal erred in entering judgment on liability and ordering a damages-only retrial because material misdirections occurred in the jury summing up on qualified privilege (over-emphasis on ill will, relevance, scope of publication, and an inappropriate focus on 'reasonable care' rather than the defendant's honest belief/knowledge); those misdirections risked a miscarriage of justice and required substitution of a general retrial on liability and damages; cross-appeal dismissed and costs awarded to appellant.