11 Jun 2019
MEEHAN & ORS v FOURTH ESTATE HOLDINGS (2012) LTD & OR [2019] NZHC 1285
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 1285
- Court
- High Court
Applying the Kirkland three-step test the Court found the Auckland (NBR and Crux) and Dunedin (ODT) publications were not of the same or substantially the same matter: the words differ, the pleaded defamatory imputations differ materially, and the articles as a whole have different focuses; defendants suffered no real prejudice and already knew of the other proceeding; defendants' s47 application to dismiss or stay was dismissed.