2 Oct 2017
SELLMAN & ORS v SLATER & ORS [2017] NZHC 2392
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 2392
- Court
- High Court
The Court held that New Zealand follows the multiple publication rule for internet blogs so the pleaded causes were not time-barred; the presumption of reputational harm on publication remains but is rebuttable and an action will fail if defendant proves harm was less than minor (threshold more than minor); many pleaded meanings were capable of defamatory meaning and the bulk of strike-out applications failed; the procurement/accessory claim against Rich and NZFGC was not self-evidently speculative and procuring publication can found liability, so that claim stands; strike-out relief granted…