Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Nixon v Slater & Gordon [2000] FCA 531 DEFAMATION – libel – whether a claim of professional malpractice conveys the imputation that the claim is for reasonable cause or is made on reasonable grounds – whether the publication sufficiently identified the applicants - consideration of principles applicable to estimating general damages for injury to professional reputation TRADE PRACTICES – misleading and deceptive conduct – whether promotional booklet is "in trade or commerce" - whether damages to reputation is recoverable as loss and damage for misleading and deceptive conduct
Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 52 and 82
Concrete Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd v Nelson (1990) 169 CLR 594 – applied Reader's Digest Services Pty Ltd v Lamb (1982) 150 CLR 500 – applied Global Sportsman Pty Ltd v Mirror Newspaper Ltd (1984) 55 ALR 25 – applied Mirror Newspapers Ltd v Harrison (1982) 149 CLR 293 – applied Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd (1963) 1 QB 340 – considered Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd (1964) AC 234 – applied Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspapers (1998) CLR 519 – cited Tolley v J.S. Fry & Sons Ltd [1931] AC 333 – cited Mapp v News Group Newspapers Ltd [1998] Q.B. 520 – cited Shah v Standard Chartered Bank [1999] QB 241 – cited Honey v Australian Airlines (1989) ATPR 40-961 – cited Morgan v Odhams Press Ltd (1971) 2 All ER 1156 – applied David Syme & Co v Canavan (1918) 25 CLR 234 - cited Andrews v John Fairfax & Son Ltd (1980) 2 NSWLR 225 - cited Steele v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1974) 2 NSWLR 348 – cited World Hosts Pty Ltd v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1978) 1 NSWLR 189 – cited Raul Amon International Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Ltd – [1998] 4 VR 798 - cited Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (1966) 117 CLR 118 – considered Crampton v Nugawela (1996) 41 NSWLR 176 – considered Broome v Cassell & Co [1972] AC 1027 – considered Pritchard v Racecage Pty Ltd (1997) 72 FCR 203 – cited Brabazon v Western Mail Ltd (1985) 58 ALR 712 – considered Acohs v RA Bashford (1997) 144 ALR 528 - considered IAN NIXON AND GREGORY ELLIS v SLATER & GORDON VG 468 OF 1999 JUDGE: MERKEL J DATE: 28 APRIL 2000 PLACE: MELBOURNE
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