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Hugh Campbell Templeton v Jones
Court Court of Appeal of New Zealand
Full case nameTempleton v Robert Edward Jones
Decided28 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

  1. ^ McLay, Geoff (2003). Butterworths Student Companion Torts (4th ed.). LexisNexis. ISBN  0-408-71686-X.