12 Dec 2019
DRIVER v RADIO NEW ZEALAND LIMITED [2019] NZHC 3275
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 3275
- Court
- High Court
All monetary defamation claims were statute-barred because plaintiff had constructive knowledge by 14 February 2015 (and, objectively, publications were reasonably discoverable before 25 May 2015 and 20 July 2015); continuing online publications after 25 May 2015 caused less-than-minor additional reputational harm; claims for declaratory relief under the Defamation Act are subject to limitation by analogy; privacy claims based on passport/address and family reactions are untenable and struck out, but privacy claims based on publication of the fact of arrest and video footage of the hotel-room…