15 May 2018
BLOMFIELD v SLATER (2) [2018] NZHC 1100
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 1100
- Court
- High Court
The Judge concluded s19A(5)(a) applied because the case raised complex, mixed questions of law and fact (numerous overlapping imputations, multiple lengthy publications including emails and third-party comments, and defences of truth and honest opinion) such that a jury trial would be impracticable and risk failing to keep judicial and jury functions separate; consequently the application for trial by Judge alone was granted and the trial ordered to proceed without a jury.