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• Public interest, Torstar and the Lange Cases 

  Cheer, U. (Nine to Noon, Radio New Zealand NationalUniversity of Canterbury. School of Law, 2010)

  I want to discuss the very recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Torstar case. The New Zealand leading case in this area, the Lange case, was significantly influenced by the Canadian Charter and by the ...

• Thornton v Telegraph Case and Defamation 

  Cheer, U. (Nine to Noon, Radio New Zealand NationalUniversity of Canterbury. School of Law, 2010)

  Today it’s back to defamation law, that good old stand-by! A lot is happening in this area in the UK, where, as I think I’ve noted previously, there is an ongoing campaign to free up the laws, and where London is being ...

• The Influence of Canadian Charter Jurisprudence on Freedom of Expression in Defamation in New Zealand 

  Cheer, U. (University of Canterbury. School of Law, 2010)

  In this paper, I examine the impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on defamation law in New Zealand. The topic turned out to be a continuation of my previous work on how the common law could be, and is ...