Sir Bob Jones sues investment adviser

Former politician and property tycoon Sir Robert Jones is suing Kapiti Coast investment adviser Chris Lee for defamation.

Justice Denis Clifford today told the High Court at Wellington the alleged defamation involved the company Sir Robert Jones Investments Ltd.

The company was de-listed from the stock exchange in 2007 after it was taken over and re-named Trans-Tasman Properties.

A jury was selected today and the trial will begin tomorrow.

- NZPA