14 Jul 2009
LEIGH V THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND ANOR HC WN CIV-2008-485-2315
- Citation
- openlaw-62fb300d_d77f_4726_97de_2c4bf6ff51da.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The Briefing Paper, read in context and confined to factual reporting, was not capable of bearing the defamatory meanings pleaded and those allegations are struck out; Article 9 BR1688 prevents pleading that materially different words used by a Minister in Parliament constitute a republication of what was told to the Minister; the oral statements attributed to the deputy secretary (if pleaded with sufficient particularity) remain capable of defamatory meanings except the 'overly emotional' meaning; the negligent misstatement cause fails for lack of proximity and adverse policy considerations…