Steven PriceSteven Price

Stephen Price is a barrister specialising in media law, practising in Wellington. He blogs at medialawjournal.co.nz

What the new public interest defence really means for media and defamation

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Steven Price, who argued against Māori Television in their landmark defamation case this week, explains exactly what the new defamation defence actually means, why it’s such a big deal and who really won the case. I had an odd experience the other night. I had just popped the cork on a bottle of bubbly with Felix … Read more

The BSA decision on ‘Let’s Tax This’ says to political parties: ‘lie all you like’

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The Advertising Standards Authority and Broadcasting Standards Authority have both dismissed a complaint against National’s ‘Let’s Tax This’ ad. Lawyer Steven Price, who advised on the complaint, explains why he thinks they got it seriously wrong. When I first saw the National Party’s blatantly misleading ‘Let’s Tax This’ ad, I thought: the Advertising Standards Authority would … Read more