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New Zealand Case Law

Aggravated and punitive damages
  • 29 Oct 2021

    CRAIG v STRINGER [2021] NZHC 2906

    Citation
    [2021] NZHC 2906
    Court
    High Court

    The recall judgment confined the plaintiff to pursuing only those claims that, according to his pleading, alleged that he sexually harassed Rachel McGregor, and only to the extent of that pleaded meaning (including equivalent formulations). Meanings and passages that were broader or only related to that allegation (for example, allegations about payment of a six‑figure settlement, other victims, sexual deviancy, criminality, electoral fraud or financial misconduct) were outside the scope of the recall judgment and were struck out; third‑party statements may be pleaded as contextual background…