Eyre v Nationwide News Proprietary Ltd

JurisdictionNew Zealand
Year1967
Date1967
CourtSupreme Court
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10 cases
  • Nandi Ahuja (Claimant/Respondant) v Politika Novine I Magazini D.O.O and Others (Defendant/Applicants)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 23 November 2015
    ...England: Diamond v. Sutton (1866) L.R. 1 Ex. 130; Schapira v. Ahronson [1999] E.M.L.R. 735; see also Eyre v. Nationwide News Pty. Ltd. [1967] N.Z.L.R. 851. Common sense suggests that the more tenuous the connection with this country the harder it will be for the claim to survive the applica......
  • Qatar Airways Group Q.C.S.C. v Middle East News FZ LLC
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 6 November 2020
    ...the next case is the New Zealand authority referred to by Lord Hope in Berezovsky at [1032E]: Eyre v Nationwide News Proprietary Limited [1967] NZLR 851. In that case, the plaintiff, a New Zealand politician, had obtained leave to serve a claim for defamation outside the jurisdiction agains......
  • Berezovsky and Another v Forbes Inc. and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 11 May 2000
    ...the jurisdiction is guilty of an abuse if he seeks to include in the same action matters occurring elsewhere: see also Eyre v. Nationwide News Proprietary Ltd. [1967] N.Z.L.R. 851. In any event, the new variant of the global theory runs counter to well established principles of libel law. ......
  • Lee Hsien Loong v Review Publishing Co Ltd and Another and Another Suit
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 21 February 2007
    ...against the unjustified extension of jurisdiction beyond the home jurisdiction’s territorial limits. In Eyre v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [1967] NZLR 851 (“Eyre”), the plaintiff was resident in New Zealand. The publisher of certain defamatory remarks in a newspaper article was a company regist......
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