Hood v New Zealand Press Association Limited: Hood v Blundell Brothers Limited and Eleven Other Newspaper Companies - [1953] NZLR 213

Defamation — Libel — Practice — Several Actions wherein Same Libel involved — Order for Consolidation of Actions — Effect of Such Order — Trial — Right of Challenge exercisable by Counsel for all Defendants — Right of Cross-examination of Plaintiff's Witnesses — Costs — Judgment for Plaintiff against Each Defendant in Varying Amounts — Nature of Order for Costs — Law of Libel Amendment Act, 1910, s 6 — Juries Act, 1908, s 124.