19 Oct 2018
CRAIG v SLATER [2018] NZHC 2712
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 2712
- Court
- High Court
On the facts proved, many of the allegations published about Craig were substantiallytrue (he was guilty of moderately serious sexual harassment of his press secretary andhe provided a substantial financial benefit in settlement which was used towithdraw a Human Rights complaint); defendants established truth or responsiblecommunication defences for most publications; however two specific publicationscontained untrue defamatory imputations (that Craig put MacGregor under financialpressure to sleep with him, and that he sexually harassed at least one other victim)for which declarations of liab…