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Holmes a Court wins in High Court: Papaconstuntinos v Holmes a Court [2012] HCA 53

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

Given that AFL Football and cricket have this year graced us with fantastic defamation cases about talk shows, lurid affairs and sordid match-fixing claims, it seems only natural that Rugby League would eventually get a Guernsey as well. And so … Continue reading →

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Cricket: Cairns’ £90,000 Damages out of proportion?… NOT OUT: Cairns v Modi [2012] EWHC 483 (QB)

Posted on November 9, 2012 by

The writer has barely coped with the mental devastation heaped on his football team in last month’s AFL Grand Final, but alas it is now but a distant suppressed memory  ….. and its cricket season! Early in the year, Chris … Continue reading →

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High Court rules on Replying to an Attack: Harbour Radio P/L v Trad [2012] HCA 44

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

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 →

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Mick Molloy still not funny: Cornes v The Ten Group Pty Ltd & Ors [2012] SASFC 99

Posted on September 27, 2012 by

With the 2012 AFL Grand Final only a few days away, and the writer’s team, Hawthorn, playing off for the title against the Sydney Swans, it is about time this blog found a way to weave the mighty Hawks into … Continue reading →

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$150,000 Queensland pub verdict overturned: Putland v Nowak [2012] QCA 121

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

  Joseph Nowak and Paul Putland lived in the same residential block on the Gold Coast, with the same body corporate in Southport. Nowak had been having difficulties with the body corporate because he had carried out structural works in … Continue reading →

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Mayor’s claim against nun to be tried again: Lloyd-Jones v Allen [2012] NSWCA 230

Posted on August 30, 2012 by

  Muriel and Gary Campbell are members of an Aboriginal family living in Bermagui, NSW.  In October 2006 racist graffiti directed towards Aboriginals was painted on a bridge in the area and around that time there was a fight on … Continue reading →

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Strike Two for Rugby League Follower: Palavi v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd [2012] NSWCA 182

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

On 16 and 17 April 2010, Queensland Newspapers published an article on its website which Charmyne Palavi, a mother of 3 and rugby league follower, claimed conveyed imputations that she was “a slut” and “a pub slut”. Two days after … Continue reading →

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Child care employer taught $150,000 lesson: Association of Quality Child Care Centres of NSW v Manefield [2012] NSWCA 123

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

  The Association of Quality Child Care Centres in NSW was an incorporated association with an executive committee of 10 members. Bruce Manefield was the Executive officer from 7 February 2006 until 16 May 2008 and is the plaintiff in … Continue reading →

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Black is Back in Ontario: Breeden v Black [2012] SCC 19

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

The term “libel tourist” is a term bandied about by defamation defendants to suggest some sort of impropriety by a defamation plaintiff.  The point that publishers seem to make is this: where something is published all around the world, the … Continue reading →

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Defamation Watch Shop: LVMH Watch & Jewellery Australia Pty Ltd v Lassanah & Ors [2011] NSWCA 370

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

On 10 June 2008, Michael Lassanah and Aaron Oddie entered the Tag Heuer shop in King Street in the centre of Sydney. They went in and looked at some watches and their conduct was perfectly innocent. However, staff in the … Continue reading →

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