Mountain Rock Productions Ltd v Wellington Newspapers Ltd - [1997] 3 NZLR 31

Defamation — Pleading, practice and evidence — Application by defendants to strike out under Defamation Act 1992, s 50 — Whether plaintiffs' filing of memorandum requesting Chambers listing and leave to continue proceedings was a step in the proceeding — Whether the Court should exercise its discretion under Defamation Act 1992, s 50 to allow plaintiffs to continue — Defamation Act 1992, s 50 — High Court Rules, R 426A.

Practice and procedure — Striking out proceedings — Application for leave to take further step — Meaning of “step in proceeding” — High Court Rules, R 426A.