$30,000 damages
PA Auckland The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Transport, Mr William Jeffries, has been awarded $30,000 damages against News Media (Auckland) Ltd, publisher of the "Sunday News.” Mr Jeffries, member of Parliament for Heretaunga, claimed that two articles in the “Sunday ’ News” in May of last year defamed him.
The articles related to the speed of a chauffeurdriven Ministerial car in which Mr Jeffries was a passenger in October, 1985.
The hearing was before Mr Justice Hillyer and a jury. Mr Jeffries claimed $50,000 for one article
and $lO,OOO for the second. The jury unanimously assessed damages ot $28,500 in respect of the first article, and damages of $l5OO in a majority verdict of nine to three for the second. The jury added a rider that it considered a public apology from News Media (Auckland), Ltd, to Mr Jeffries would be in order.
Mr Justice Hillyer entered judgment for Mr Jeffries for $30,000, together with costs. A Wellington lawyer, Mr Michael Camp,
appeared for Mr Jeffries and Mr Simon Lockhart, Q.C., and Mr Richard Hawk for News Media, Ltd. f?r
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