TVNZ current affairs show Holmes, in 2 different episodes alleging that the president of the Auckland Trotting Club, Mr Quinn was involved in illegal horse doping and financial misconduct involving the club.
Both allegations were later to be discovered to be untrue. It was also later held that the programs investigation at the time did not meet the expected journalist standards.
Quinn sued TVNZ for defamation for both matters, and was awarded $400,000 for the horse doping allegation, and $1.1 million for the financial misconduct allegation.
TVNZ appealed both awards.
Heldedit
The Court of Appeal ruled that the award for the $400,000 while it was at the upper amount for defamation, it was not going to be reversed. However, with regards to the award for $1.1 million, the court found this to be excessive, and referred it back to the High Court, with the recommendation that any award over $500,000 might be found excessive.
television, zealand, quinn, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 2014, learn, wh. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Television New Zealand Ltd v Quinn news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message Television New Zealand Ltd v Quinn 1996 3 NZLR 24 is a New Zealand defamation case Television New Zealand Ltd v QuinnCourtCourt of Appeal of New ZealandFull case nameTelevision New Zealand Limited v TA QuinnDecided19 April 1996Citation s 1996 3 NZLR 24Transcript s High Court judgmentCourt membershipJudge s sittingCooke P Richardson J Gault J McKay J Mcgechan JKeywordsdefamationBackground editTVNZ current affairs show Holmes in 2 different episodes alleging that the president of the Auckland Trotting Club Mr Quinn was involved in illegal horse doping and financial misconduct involving the club Both allegations were later to be discovered to be untrue It was also later held that the programs investigation at the time did not meet the expected journalist standards Quinn sued TVNZ for defamation for both matters and was awarded 400 000 for the horse doping allegation and 1 1 million for the financial misconduct allegation TVNZ appealed both awards Held editThe Court of Appeal ruled that the award for the 400 000 while it was at the upper amount for defamation it was not going to be reversed However with regards to the award for 1 1 million the court found this to be excessive and referred it back to the High Court with the recommendation that any award over 500 000 might be found excessive References edit nbsp This article relating to case law in New Zealand is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Television New Zealand Ltd v Quinn amp oldid 1196337874, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
