Crispin v Registrar of the District Court - [1986] 2 NZLR 246

Tort — Negligence and defamation proceedings — Immunity for acts done in exercise of a judicial function — Registrar of District Court erroneously recorded plaintiff's name in civil record book as judgment debtor on default judgment — Details were published in Mercantile Gazette — Plaintiff sued Registrar in defamation and negligence — Whether Registrar was exercising a judicial discretion — Whether Registrar could claim judicial immunity — Crown Proceedings Act 1950, s 6(5).