Ballantyne v Television New Zealand Ltd - [1992] 3 NZLR 455

Practice and procedure — Jurisdiction — Review of Master's decision — Reserved decision delivered after hearing full argument — Whether jurisdiction to review such a decision — Judicature Act 1908, s 26P.

Practice and procedure — Jurisdiction — Review of Master's decision — Review lodged out of time — Whether enlargement of time should be granted — Relevant factors — High Court Rules, RR 6 and 61C.

Defamation — Pleading, practice and evidence — Application to strike out statement of claim — Reliance on extrinsic evidence — Such evidence not pleaded — Whether such evidence has to be pleaded — Reliance on reports made subsequent to the alleged defamation as establishing connection between alleged defamatory comment and person allegedly defamed — Whether subsequent reports can be relied on to establish identification — Whether words capable of being found defamatory of the plaintiff.