Erin Alice Leigh v The Attorney-General and Lindsay Gow - SC 10/2011

Civil Appeal – Defamation – the applicant claims damages for defamation against the then Minister for the Environment and Deputy Secretary of the Ministry in relation to statements made about her in a Briefing Paper and orally ­– whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that Article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688 precluded the applicant from relying on republication of the statements in the House of Representatives to show the nature and extent of consequential damage from the original written and oral statements[2010] NZCA 624  CA 483/2009 17 December  2010