Legal expert defends Winston Peters’ ‘fishing expedition’
“The fact is the High Court rules allow for this,” University of Canterbury media law expert, Ursula Cheer says.
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A legal expert says NZ First leader Winston Peters is perfectly entitled to bring a suit over the leaking of his pension details the way he has, despite one of the potential defendants criticising it as a fishing expedition.
Earlier this week a spokesman for Mr Peters confirmed he is taking a
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Jason Walls
Fri, 10 Nov 2017
Fri, 10 Nov 2017
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Legal expert defends Winston Peters’ ‘fishing expedition’
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