19 Oct 2012
YOUNG V TELEVISION NEW ZEALAND HC AK CIV-2011-404-008076
- Citation
- openlaw-ca205e61_6cca_4309_9d1e_80f1f5ff25cf.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The Court held that (1) the documentary, the 6 July 2010 website item and the 7 July 2010 Breakfast segment are not reasonably capable of bearing the plaintiff's alleged tier‑one defamatory meanings (that he was a liar, dishonest, a perjurer); (2) the police letter of 5 May 2011 and TVNZ's 30 May 2011 update/article are capable of bearing those defamatory meanings; (3) the Associate Judge's orders requiring discovery and inspection before resolution of the meaning challenges were set aside as erroneous; and (4) most particulars of ill will/improper advantage were struck out as legally insuffi…