31 Mar 2023
TALLEY’S GROUP LTD & Ors v TELEVISION NEW ZEALAND LTD & Anor [2023] NZHC 696 _x000b_
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 696
- Court
- High Court
The Court refused to strike out the defendants' truth defences to the 9th‑12th causes and the contextual truth defence to the 5th‑6th causes as the pleaded particulars were reasonably capable of supporting those defences, but ordered the defendants to provide additional particulars where pleaded acts of non‑compliance lacked dates, actors and specifics. The Court struck out Schedule 1 bad reputation particulars as irrelevant to liability and likely to cause prejudice and delay because s 30 permits specific misconduct evidence only in mitigation of damages (not to negate liability or defeat de…