Templeton v Jones
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Hugh Campbell Templeton v Jones | |
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Court | Court of Appeal of New Zealand |
Full case name | Templeton v Robert Edward Jones |
Decided | 28 May 1984 |
Citation | [1984] 1 NZLR 448 |
Transcript | Court of Appeal judgment |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Woodhouse P, Cooke J, McMullin J |
Keywords | |
negligence |
Templeton v Jones [1984] 1 NZLR 448 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding defamation and free speech where the Court ruled against the claims of news broadcasters that it had qualified privilege under "fair information on a matter of public interest" to publish potentially defamatory statements about a Parliamentary candidate's alleged antisemitism. The case was remanded to lower courts to determine if those statements were truthful.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ McLay, Geoff (2003). Butterworths Student Companion Torts (4th ed.). LexisNexis. ISBN 0-408-71686-X.