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New Zealand Case Law

Procuring defamation
  • 18 Mar 2019

    SELLMAN v SLATER NO 7 [2019] NZHC 467

    Citation
    [2019] NZHC 467
    Court
    High Court

    The plaintiffs largely succeeded on interlocutory applications: the court declined to exclude the hacked documents at this stage, granted narrowed particular discovery against Slater, Graham and FCL, granted limited discovery against Rich and NZFGC for updating/clarity, and ordered oral examinations of Slater and Graham; accordingly costs were awarded to the plaintiffs as sought and apportioned among defendants (50% to Slater; 33% to Graham and FCL; 17% to Rich and NZFGC), with a costs award being a provable debt notwithstanding Mr Slater's bankruptcy.