Teletax Consultants Ltd v Williams - [1989] 1 NZLR 698

Defamation — Defences — Absolute privilege — Communications in course of judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings — Complainant wrote to District Law Society about conduct of solicitor — Society invited explanation from solicitor who issued defamation proceedings against complainant — Whether letter to Society was a complaint in the course of judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings — Whether contents of letter were privileged — Whether defamation proceedings should be struck out.