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DAMAGES OF £2OOO CLAIMED STATEMENTS IN A CIRCULAR (Pot United Press Association) WELLINGTON, Nov. 29. A claim for £2OOO damages for alleged libel arising out of the issue of a circular was brought in the Supreme Court to-day before the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) and a special jury of 12. The plaintiffs were the New Zealand National Creditmen's Association (Wellington) Ltd., and the defendants were Duns Agency (Wellington), Ltd., and Huia Hohepa Dimond, manager of the company. The statement of claim alleged that a circular issued by the. defendants was intended to destroy the credit in which the plaintiff firm was held and to paralyse its business. The defence admitted publication of the circular, but claimed that the contents were fair comment and privileged. Several accountants of large city firms gave evidence of their complete satisfaction with the work of the legal department of the Creditmen's Association. More than 200 of the 325 subscribers had availed themselves of the legal department's activities without a single complaint. Debtors were taken to court only as a last resort.
The hearing will be continued tomorrow morning.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23362, 30 November 1937, Page 6
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