Templeton v Jones - [1984] 1 NZLR 448

Defamation — Justification — Fair comment — Qualified privilege — Member of Parliament stated in a speech to his constituents that a declared candidate for his parliamentary seat despised "bureaucrats, civil servants, politicians, women, jews and professionals" - Speech notes were distributed to the press and speech was reported on national television — Candidate complained only of the statement that he despised Jews — Particulars of justification justified all the statements made in the speech — Whether defendant was limited to justifying only the statement sued on — Whether the statement was fair comment — Whether the defendant had a social or moral duty to make a statement to the general public on the conduct and fitness for public office of a declared parliamentary candidate.