Sir Bob sues adviser for defamation
Former politician and property tycoon Sir Robert Jones is suing Kapiti Coast investment adviser Chris Lee for defamation.Justice Denis Clifford today told the High Court at Wellington the alleged defamation involved the public company Robt Jones Investmen
NZPA and NBR Staff
Mon, 10 May 2010
Former politician and property tycoon Sir Robert Jones is suing Kapiti Coast investment adviser Chris Lee for defamation.
Justice Denis Clifford today told the High Court at Wellington the alleged defamation involved the public company Robt Jones Investments.*
The company was de-listed from the stock exchange in 2007 after it was taken over and re-named Trans-Tasman Properties.
A jury was selected today and the trial will begin tomorrow.
[* Correction from original text]
NZPA and NBR Staff
Mon, 10 May 2010
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