Scott v Fourth Estate Newspapers Ltd - [1986] 1 NZLR 336

Defamation — Statement of claim — Two newspaper articles pleaded in their entirety — Defamatory meaning alleged to have arisen from totality of first article — Second article pleaded as aggravating factor in damages — Whether particular passages ought to have been identified as defamatory — Whether text of second article should have formed part of statement of claim.

Defamation — Parties — Newly formed company joined in proceedings — Company about to commence business — Whether a company that had never traded could bring an action in defamation — Whether it could support a cause of action founded on its trading reputation and goodwill.