新西兰母亲对其女儿的校长提起的诽谤诉讼被驳回,法院坚持认为,为保护儿童福利而提供的特许通信是合法的。 A New Zealand mother’s defamation lawsuit against her daughter’s principal was dismissed, with courts upholding that privileged communications made to protect child welfare were lawful.

一位新西兰母亲就发给家庭法院律师的电子邮件起诉她女儿的学校校长,在校长报告说孩子与一位不知名的妇女离开学校,并将父亲描述为“模范父母 ” 。 事发于2022年2月,父亲根据监护令到达,但工作人员在看到孩子与陌生人见面后叫警察。 A New Zealand mother sued her daughter’s school principal over emails sent to a Family Court lawyer, claiming defamation after the principal reported the child leaving school with an unknown woman and described the father as an “exemplary parent.” The incident occurred in February 2022 when the father arrived per a custody order, but staff called police after seeing the child with a stranger. 后来在她母亲的家中发现了孩子。 The child was later found at her mother’s home. 母亲声称校长的言论损害了她的名誉,但法院以不合理和滥用程序为由驳回了该案。 The mother alleged the principal’s statements damaged her reputation, but courts dismissed the case as meritless and an abuse of process. 高等法院维持了驳回的决定,并援引了限定的特权,因为来文是本着诚意在家庭法院案件中支持儿童福利的。 The High Court upheld the dismissal, citing qualified privilege because the communications were made in good faith to support child welfare in a family court matter. 法律费用为25 000多美元。 Over $25,000 in legal costs were imposed. 该案件现已提交上诉法院,与所有匿名方持续了两年,以保护该儿童。 The case, now headed to the Court of Appeal, has lasted two years with all parties anonymized to protect the child.