Bright to appeal against High Court tossing out her defamation case
"The use of the expression ‘wildly inaccurate' to describe certain statements of Ms Bright comes close to supporting an inference Stephen Town was predominantly motivated by ill will" – associate judge Warwick Smith.
Sally Lindsay Fri, 03 Mar 2017
Perennial activist and self-appointed full-time public watchdog Penny Bright intends to appeal the High Court’s decision to throw out her defamation case against Auckland Council chief executive Stephen Town.
Ms Bright took the case for general damages of $250,000 and aggravated and punitive
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