29 Jul 2011
REEKIE v TELEVISION NEW ZEALAND LIMITED HC AK CIV-2009-404-6074
- Citation
- openlaw-23560012_357b_4a35_8dfb_eda7d726b752.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The amended statement of claim was struck out and the proceeding dismissed because the claim constituted a frivolous and vexatious abuse of process amounting to a collateral attack on prior High Court determinations; causes of action based on alleged common law due process breaches (rebroadcast and sale) disclosed no reasonably arguable cause as the Broadcasting Act does not restrain rebroadcasts and no prejudice to the appeal was shown; NZBORA causes were not reasonably arguable because the broadcaster's editorial and commercial decisions did not constitute performance of a public function u…