Keenan v Auckland Harbour Board - [1946] NZLR 97

Defamation — Libel — Absolute Privilege — Industrial Man-power Emergency Regulations — Worker suspected of Serious Misconduct — Letter to District Man-power Officer containing Particulars of Alleged Misconduct and requesting Permission to terminate Worker's Employment — Refusal by Man-power Officer — Employer's Letter alleged to be libellous — Whether such Letter absolutely Privileged — Industrial Man-power Emergency Regulations, 1944 (Serial No 1944/8), Reg 13 (1) (d).