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Tanzanian Tycoon’s Claim Falls Flat: Mengi v Hermitage [2012] EWHC 3445
In 2004, Sarah Hermitage, an English solicitor, and her husband, Stewart Middleton, an agronomist, bought a lease to the Silverdale Farm in Tanzania for $112,000. They wanted to live there peacefully and build up an agricultural business, exporting vegetables to … Continue reading →
Posted in reply to attack, Trial, Truth
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Tagged foreign language, internet, newspaper, reply to attack
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High Court rules on Replying to an Attack: Harbour Radio P/L v Trad [2012] HCA 44
On 18 December 2005, about a week after the Cronulla Riots, Keysar Trad was one of the speakers at a “peace rally” in front of 5000 people at Hyde Park in Sydney. He said this: “I never lost my faith … Continue reading →
Posted in contextual truth, Defamatory meaning, Malice, News, Qualified privilege, reply to attack, Truth
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Tagged Appeal court, Racial discrimination, radio
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