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Lange v Atkinson: 21 Jun 2000

(Court of Appeal of New Zealand) The court rejected a test of reasonableness before accepting a defence to defamation associated with the political nature of the speech.

Citations:

[2000] 3 NZLR 385

Links:

NZLii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedPanday v Gordon PC 5-Oct-2005
(Trinidad and Tobago) A senior politician had accused an opponent of pseudo-racism. The defendant asserted that he had a defence under the constitution, allowing freedom of political speech.
Held: The appeal failed. The statements were . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Defamation

Updated: 06 December 2022; Ref: scu.230974

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