28 Sept 2023
WILSON PARKING NEW ZEALAND LTD v DLA PIPER NEW ZEALAND [2023] NZHC 2705 _x000b_
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 2705
- Court
- High Court
Summary judgment for the second defendant dismissed in relation to the DLA Piper letters because disputed matter of publication and pecuniary loss exists and the defendant has not disproved the plaintiff's ability to succeed; the defamation and FTA claims based on the PwC email are struck out as untenable because, given the closed recipients (PwC partners), context and limited publication, the communications lacked the capacity to cause more-than-minor reputational harm or to mislead those recipients; FTA claims in respect of the DLA Piper letters remain tenable and plaintiff must file detail…