Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand v Alex Harvey Industries Ltd - [1980] 1 NZLR 163

Practice — Discovery — Inspection of documents - "Newspaper rule" - Television programme criticised the quality of a roofing tile manufactured by plaintiffs — Broadcasting Corporation was sued for defamation and slander of goods — Whether the Broadcasting Corporation should be required to disclose the source of its information — Whether the newspaper rule applies in an action for slander of goods.