Report 75 (1995) - Defamation

Table of Cases

ABC v Chatterton	11.18
Adam v Ward	10.1, 10.5, 10.6,11.25
Albutt v General Council of Medical Education and Registration	12.3, 12.4
Aldridge v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd	2.4, 4.14
Anderson v Nationwide News Pty Ltd	12.2
Associated Newspapers Ltd v Dingle	4.10
Austin v Mirror Newspapers Ltd	10.9
Australian Capital Television Pty Limited v Commonwealth	2.1, 2.27, 6.5,10.13
Australian Consolidated Press Ltd v Uren	2.6, 4.7
Australian Consolidated Press v Driscoll	7.22
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Ballina Shire Council v Ringland	1.9, 11.31, 12.19
Barbaro v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd	10.16
Barr v Matteo	11.12
Batchelor v Burke	7.21
Beckley Newspapers Corp v Hanks	5.8
Beitzel v Crabb	11.18
Bennett v Jones	7.21
Bickel v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd	4.24
Bose Corp v Consumers Union of United States Inc	5.16
Bread Manufacturers Ltd, Ex parte; Truth & Sportsman Ltd, Re	13.9-
Broome v Cassell & Co Ltd	2.6, 2.14
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp v Jacobson	5.16
Burke v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd	13.7
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Calwell v Ipec Australia Ltd	10.9
Campbell v Associated Newspapers Ltd	12.29
Carson v John Fairfax & Sons (1993)	1.8, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.9, 2.12, 2.13,
	2.22, 2.25, 3.2, 3.7, 3.25, 3.26,
	3.27, 6.50, 7.5, 7.6, 7.18, 7.19,
	3.20
Carson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1994)	1.8, 2.7, 3.24, 3.26, 7.6, 7.7, 7.10
Cassell v Gold Coast Publications Pty Ltd	12.18
Chapman v Ellesmere (Lord)	12.4
Chappell v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd	6.54
Chatterton v Secretary of State for India	11.11
Clark and the Attorney General of Canada, Re	11.18
Colgate-Palmolive Company Pty Ltd v Cussons Pty Ltd	6.45
Collins v Ryan	10.16
Coughlin v Westinghouse Broadcasting and Cable Inc	6.39
Coyne v Citizen Finance Ltd	2.9, 2.13, 2.26
Cullen v Trappell	7.21
Cunliffe v Commonwealth	2.1,2.28
Curtis Publishing Co v Butts	5.12
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David Syme Ltd v Maher	7.22
Davison v Duncan	12.3
Derbyshire County Council v Times Newspapers Ltd	1.9
Dingle v Associated Newspapers Ltd	2.9, 2.15
Douglass v Lewis	11.28
Dun & Bradstreet Inc v Greenmoss Builders Inc	2.6, 4.11, 5.9, 5.10, 6.5
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Emmens v Pottle	9.2
Ettingshausen v Australian Consolidated Press (1991)	2.34
Ettingshausen v Australian Consolidated Press (1993)	2.7, 2.34, 25, 6.16
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Feazell v AH Belo Corp	5.15
Fire and All Risks Insurance v Callinan	7.21
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Gertz v Robert Welch	5.9, 5.10, 5.12
Gibbons v Duffell	11.7, 11.11, 11.12
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Haines v Bendall	7.21, 7.23
Hart v ABC	3.5
Hartley v Nationwide News Pty Ltd	1.8, 2.22, 2.28, 10, 3.25, 5.5,
Hawke v Tamworth Newspaper Co Ltd	3.8
Herbert v Lando	5.14, 5.17
Hewitt v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd	7.15
Hickie v Perkins & Ors	9.8
Hill v Church of Scientology	2.2, 2.27
Hinch v Attorney-General of Victoria	13.9
Hogg v Scott	6.14
Horrocks v Lowe	5.8, 10.5, 10.16
Hulton v Jones	9.1
Humphries v TWT Ltd	7.15
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Jamieson v R	11.28
John Fairfax & Sons v Carson (1991)	1.8, 2.7, 3.2, 3.7
John Fairfax & Sons Ltd v Cojuangco	10.22
John Fairfax & Sons Ltd v Punch	12.2
John Fairfax & Sons v Kelly	2.12, 2.14, 7.21, 7.22 7.23
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Kelly v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd	7.22, 7.23
Kimber v Press Association	12.3
Kramer v Thompson	6.39
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Lewandowski v Lovell	5.5
Lewis v Daily Telegraph Co Ltd	3.33, 12.22
Loveday v Sun Newspapers Ltd	10.6
Lucas Box v News Group Newspapers Ltd	1.19
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Marsland v Andjeli (No 2)	7.23
Masson v New Yorker Magazine	5.8
MBP (SA) Pty Ltd v Gogic	7.21
M’Pherson v Daniels	4.10
McPhersons Ltd v Hickie	9.6 ,9.8
Melvin v Reid	2.33
Miami Herald Publishing Co v Tornillo	6.5, 6.39
Morgan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1988)	3.10, 3.23
Morgan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (No 2) (1991)	10, 3.23,10.10, 10.16
Morosi v Mirror Newspapers Ltd	10.9, 12.2
Morris v Newcastle Newspapers Pty Ltd	3.35
Murray v Commonwealth	7.23
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National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd v GTV
Corporation Pty Ltd	6.54-
Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Wills	2.1, 2.27, 10.13
New York Times Co v Sullivan	4.12, 5.1, 5.3, 5.8, 5.11, 5.22
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O’Neill v Mann	11.28
O’Shaughnessy v Mirror Newspapers Ltd	4.22, 6.12
Oliver v Bryant Strata Management Pty Ltd	11.28
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Packer v ABC	7.15
Perera (MG) v Peiris	12.4
Pervan v North Queensland Newspaper Co Ltd	10.16
Petritsis v Hellenic Herald Pty Ltd	4.2
Pheeney v Doolan (No 2)	7.21
Philadelphia Newspapers Inc v Hepps	5.12
Polly Peck (Holdings) Plc v Trelford	4.4
Prebble v Television New Zealand Ltd	11.21
Purcell v Sowler	12.4
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R v Murphy	11.21
R v Wright	12.3
Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Parker	3.31
Rajski v Carson	6.21
Razvan v Berecht	13.7
Rigby v Mirror Newspapers Ltd	2.10
Rofe v Smith’s Newspapers Ltd	2.33
Rook v Fairrie	2.9, 2.15
Rookes v Barnard	2.23, 6.57
Rosenblatt v Baer	5.12
Rouse v Shepherd (No 2)	6.45
Royal Aquarium and Summer and Winter Garden Society v
Parkinson	11.7, 11.28
Ruby v Marsh	7.21
Russian Commercial and Industrial Bank v British Bank for
Foreign Trade	6.15
RZ Mines (Newcastle) Pty Ltd & Anor v Newcastle Newspapers
Pty Ltd & Anor	3.31-
Singleton v Ffrench	2.6, 4.7, 7.16, 7.17
Skelton v Collins	2.12
Slim v Daily Telegraph Ltd	1.19
Smiths Newspapers v Becker	2.12
Sporting Shooter’s Association of Australia (Vic) v Gun Control	-
Australia and Crook.	2.28, 5.5, 10.6,10.14, 10.17
St Amant v Thompson	5.8
Stephens v West Australian Newspapers Ltd	1.9, 2.1, 2.2, 5.4, 6.51, 10.5,
	10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.13 10.17,
	10.18, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4
	12.13, 12.25,12.26
Stollznow v Calvert	13.7
Stuart v Bell	10.5
Summit Valley Industries Inc v Local 112 United Brotherhood of	-
Carpenters	5.17
Sungravure Pty Ltd v Middle East Airlines Airliban SAL	2.33
Sutcliffe v Pressdram Ltd	3.26
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T and the Director of Youth and Community Services, Re	2.3
TCN Channel 9 Pty Ltd v Mahony	3.31
Thatcher v Charles	2.12
Theophanous v Herald & Weekly Times Ltd	1.9, 2.1, 2.2, 2.6, 2.27, 2.28,
	2.29, 2.30, 2.31, 4.11,4.12, 4.13,
	5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.8, 6.46, 6.49,
	6.50, 6.51, 9.2, 10.3, 10.5, 10.6,
	10.13, 10.14, 10.16,10.17, 10.18,
	12.1
Thompson v Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd	9.7
Thompson v Feraonio	7.21
Time Inc v Firestone	5.12
Tolstoy Miloslavsky v United Kingdom	2.27
Trapp v Mackie	11.28
TV3 Network Ltd v Eveready New Zealand Ltd	6.55
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Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd	2.12, 7.19
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Vizetelly v Mudie’s Select Library Limited	9.3
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Wallersteiner v Moir	13.9
Wason v Waller	12.3
Waterhouse v Broadcasting Station 2GB Pty Ltd	7.16, 12.5, 12.27
Westmoreland v CBS	5.17
Whelan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd	4.20
Williams v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd	2.28, 5.5, 6.51
Woodger v Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Ltd	4.4
Wright v Australian Broadcasting Commission	10.9
Youssoupoff v Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Publications Ltd	2.33

Terms of reference | Participants | Executive summary | List of recommendations
1. INTRODUCTION | 2. OBJECTIVES AND CONTEXT OF DEFAMATION LAW | 3. JUDGE AND JURY
4. THE CAUSE OF ACTION | 5. THE PUBLIC FIGURE TEST | 6. REMEDIES OTHER THAN DAMAGES
7. ASPECTS OF DAMAGES | 8. REQUESTED CORRECTIONS AS A DEFENCE | 9. INNOCENT DISSEMINATION | 10. QUALIFIED PRIVILEGE AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENCE | 11. ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE | 12. PROTECTED REPORTS | 13. PROCEDURAL ISSUES
14. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION | APPENDIX 1: DEFAMATION AMENDMENT BILL 1995
APPENDIX 2: LIST OF SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED | APPENDIX 3: SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
APPENDIX 4: SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | TABLE OF LEGISLATION | TABLE OF CASES | INDEX