Hosking v Runting

JurisdictionNew Zealand
Date2004
CourtHigh Court
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  • Takamore v Clarke COA CA
    • New Zealand
    • Court of Appeal
    • 23 November 2011
    ...by legislation, an international treaty or declaration cannot be enforced in domestic law. 227 However, as was demonstrated by Hosking v Runting, 228 the Courts are willing to have regard to international instruments in the development of the common law. In Hosking v Runting, the majority o......
  • Attorney-General v Chapman Sc
    • New Zealand
    • Supreme Court
    • 16 September 2011
    ....... 5 As in Bakker v District Court at Te Awamutu HC Hamilton CP35/99, 6 August 1999 per Tompkins J. . 6 See Hosking v Runting [2005] 1 NZLR 1 (CA) at [111] per Gault P and Blanchard J and at [229] per Tipping J. . 7 See Taunoa v Attorney-General [2007] ......
  • Hamed v R
    • New Zealand
    • Supreme Court
    • 2 September 2011
    ...assumed that covert surveillance, if it intrudes on personal freedom, is not an actionable wrong if undertaken by a private citizen. In Hosking v Runting a majority of the Court of Appeal was prepared to recognise that invasion of privacy is a tort. 50 Such protection is consistent with the......
  • C v Holland
    • New Zealand
    • High Court
    • 24 August 2012
    ...Mr Holland's actions give rise to damages for breach of C's right to privacy. More specifically he submits: (a) The Court of Appeal in Hosking v Runting confirmed that there is an actionable tort for invasion of privacy, subject to two fundamental requirements: 1 i. The existence of facts i......
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