Mount Cook Group Ltd v Johnstone Motors Ltd - [1990] 2 NZLR 488

Defamation — Cause of action — Innuendo — Injunction — Defendant published unethical poster of skifield where plaintiff had been sole operator for 40 years — Whether poster identified plaintiff by innuendo — Whether poster was defamatory of plaintiff — Whether injunction should issue to prevent further publication.

Defamation — Damages — Company — Company was defamed by poster published by defendant and its agent but could not prove exact loss — Whether company had to prove actual loss as basis for damages — Whether agent was also personally liable for damages.