Joyce wins defamation case against NBR

Joyce wins defamation case against NBR
Victoria Young
Former politician Steven Joyce has won a defamation case against the National Business Review, having obtained a ruling that the business publication and its owner Todd Scott defamed him. The former finance minister did not seek damages in the case launched over a 2018 column titled 'Joyce sacking first test of Bridges’ leadership.' However, he has won a declaration that NBR defamed Joyce and must now pay Joyce’s costs. Joyce had originally sued the writer of the column, PR man and political commentator Matthew Hooton, but Hooton sett...

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