5 May 2017
CROSSFIT, INC v EXERCISE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION LTD & ANOR [2017] NZHC 899
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 899
- Court
- High Court
The correct interpretation of s15 FTA is the narrow one: the limited exception protects the publisher of a newspaper and the broadcasting body named in the section and does not extend immunity to third parties or sources whose statements are republication by the media; and the pleaded s23 claim of coercion is reasonably arguable because coercion can arise by implied threats and the particulars pleaded could, if proved, amount to coercion, so the strike-out was correctly refused.