Couch v Attorney General [2008] 3 NZLR 725 (SC) 5
McFarlane v Tayside Health Board [2000] 2 AC 59 8
Protecting interests/vindicating rights 10
Ashley v Chief Constable of Sussex 10
Mechanisms to protect privacy 16
Equity – Breach of Confidence 17
AB Consolidated Ltd v Europe Strength Food Co Pty Ltd [1978] 2 NZLR 515 17
Impact on Third Party Recipients 19
Attorney-General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd [1990] 1 AC 109 (HL) 19
Douglas & Ors v Hello! Ltd [2005] 4 All ER 128 19
Public Disclosure of Embarrassing Private Facts 20
Bradley v Wingnut Films Ltd [1993] 1 NZLR 415 20
Hosking v Runting [2005] 1 NZLR 1 (CA) 22
Tucker v News Media Ownership Ltd [1986] 2 NZLR 716 24
Andrews v Television New Zealand Ltd [2009] 1 NZLR 220 (HC) 24
Campbell v MGN Ltd [2004] 2 AC 457 25
Peck v United Kingdom (2003) 13 BHRC 669 26
Brown v Attorney General [2006] DCR 630 27
TVNZ v Rogers [2008] 2 NZLR 277 (SC) 28
Intrusion into Seclusion or Solitude 30
C v Holland [2012] 3 NZLR 672 (HC) 30
Opai v Culpan [2017] NZAR 1142 (HC) 33
Sellman v Slater [2018] 2 NZLR 218 34
Loutchansky v Times Newspapers Ltd (No 2) [2002] 1 All ER 652 43
Dow Jones & Co Inc v Glutnick [2002] CLR 575 43
Third Party Publications (publication of omission or adoption) 44
Murray v Wishart [2014] NZCA 461 44
Morgan v Odhams Press Ltd [1971] 1 WLR 1239 (HL) 47
Stocker v Stocker [2019] 3 All ER 647 (UKSC) 50
Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd [1964] AC 234 (HL) 51
APN New Zealand Ltd v Simunovich Fisheries Ltd [2010] 1 NZLR 315 (SCNZ) 52
Sellman v Slater [2018] 2 NZLR 218 53
Stocker v Stocker [2019] 3 All ER 647 (UKSC) 54
John v Guardian Newspapers and Media Ltd [2008] EWHC 3066 54
Charleston v News Group Newspapers Ltd [1995] 2 AC 65 55
Truth (NZ) Ltd v Bowles [1966] NZLR 303 (CA) 56
Morosi v BroadcastingStation 2 GB Ptd Ltd [1980] 2 NSWLR 56
McGee v Independent Newspapers Ltd [2006] NZAR 24 56
“False” or “popular” innuendo – s 37(2) 59
‘True’ or ‘legal’ innuendo – s 37(3) 63
Berkoff v Burchill [1996] 4 All ER 1008 65
New Zealand Magazines Ltd v Hadlee (No 2) [2005] NZAR 621 67
Emmens v Pottle (1885) 16 QBD 354 69
Television New Zealand Ltd v Haines [2006] 2 NZLR 433 72
Based on known (true) facts 78
Expression of value judgement or comment on facts 79
Responsible Communication on Matter of Public Interest 84
Durie v Gardiner [2018] 3 NZLR 131 (CA) 84
Bird v Jones (1845) 7 QB 742 89
Robinson v Balmain New Ferry Co [1910] AC 295 89
Willms v Kaluza [2011] DCR 62 90
Collins v Wilcock [1984] 1 WLR 1172 at 1177 per Robert Goff LJ 90
Walker v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2015] 1 WLR 312 90
Coles Myer Limited v Webster [2009] NSWCA 299 91
Meering v Graham-White Aviation Co Ltd (1919) 122 LTR 44 91
R v Governor of Brockhill Prison, Ex p Evans [2001] 2 AC 19 92
Unlawful Restraint (i.e. no lawful justification) 92
Blundell v Attorney-General [1968] NZLR 341 92
R v Governor of Brockhill Prison, Ex p Evans [2001] 2 AC 19 94
Thompson v Attorney-General [2014] NZAR 1282 94
Coles Myer Limited v Webster [2009] NSWCA 299 96
Commonwealth Life Assurance Society Ltd v Brain (1935) 53 CLR 343 (HCA) 98
Watters v Pacific Delivery Services Ltd (1963) 42 DLR (2nd) 661 (SCC) 99
Commercial Union Assurance Co of N.Z. Ltd v Lamont [1989] 3 NZLR 187 (CA) 99
Martin v Watson [1996] AC 74 (HL) 100
Van Heeren v Cooper [1999] 1 NZLR 731 101
Maliciously Commenced Civil Proceedings 105
Crawford Adjusters v Sagicor General Insurance (Cayman) Ltd [2014] AC 366 (PC) 105
Lecture 1: (25/02/20)
“A tort is a wrongful act or omission, for which compensation or other remedy can be awarded to the claimant (or the person aggrieved) against the defendant (or tortfeasor).” – Rachael Mulheron Principles of Tort Law Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016
Torts define people’s rights by providing a mechanism for protecting rights and securing compensation for infringement of rights
Wrongful – acts or omissions deemed wrongful by society
Can be an action, but sometimes can be an omission (from a special relationship, duty of care)
Compensatory role focused on negligence tort, but other remedies available to protect many interests against harmful conduct
Claimant English, Plaintiff NZ
33 torts identified in England, more in NZ – England does not recognise privacy, but NZ does
“The law of torts hovers over virtually every activity of modern society. The driver of every automobile on our highways, the pilot of every aeroplane in the sky, and the captain of every ship plying our waters must abide by the standards of tort law… Tort law, therefore, is a subject of abiding concern not only to the...
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