11 Mar 2010
EASTON V RADIO NEW ZEALAND HC WN CIV 2008-485-1465
- Citation
- openlaw-31c6fb4c_9879_41fb_87c8_87980dcd874e.pdf
- Court
- High Court
Special leave to appeal was granted; the Authority did not misconstrue the complaint — the complaint was equivocal and properly treated as alleging lack of balance (BS4); the broadcast was not a discussion of a controversial issue attracting BS4 and, in any event, no breach of BS4 was made out; the broadcast did not breach BS7 because the material consisted of factual recounting and genuine, serious comment by a lawyer falling within Guideline 7a and did not amount to encouragement of discrimination; appeal dismissed and Authority's decision of 4 June 2008 upheld; costs awarded to Radio New Z…