1 Oct 2019
HUNTER v ROSS [2019] NZHC 2489
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2489
- Court
- High Court
Extension of time to bring appeals was granted; substituted service by email was found effective on the evidence (emails, website removal timing and server contacts); the District Court correctly found the publications defamatory and motivated by malice; affirmative defences were not pleaded and, on the facts, would have failed; awards of general and exemplary damages were within permissible range and the appeals were dismissed.