Delaney v News Media Ownership Ltd - [1976] 1 NZLR 322

Practice — Evidence — Improper admission of evidence is not a ground for granting a new trial unless objection distinctly taken at the trial on some stated legal ground — Code of Civil Procedure, R 278.

Defamation — Pleading and practice — Evidence — Where no pleas of justification or mitigation of damage — Questions in cross-examination of factual claims made by plaintiff are not disallowable even if they are in the nature of justification or mitigation — Measure of damages founded on loss of reputation of the plaintiff, not on whether in fact the reputation is well-founded and must recompense plaintiff for loss of that reputation.