Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Hockey v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited [2015] FCA 652 Citation: Hockey v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited [2015] FCA 652
Parties: JOSEPH BENEDICT HOCKEY v FAIRFAX MEDIA PUBLICATIONS PTY LIMITED ACN 003 357 720 JOSEPH BENEDICT HOCKEY v THE AGE COMPANY LIMITED ACN 004 262 702 JOSEPH BENEDICT HOCKEY v THE FEDERAL CAPITAL PRESS OF AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ACN 008 394 063
File numbers: NSD 489 of 2014 NSD 491 of 2014 NSD 492 of 2014
Judge: WHITE J
Date of judgment: 30 June 2015
Catchwords: DEFAMATION – multiple publications – whether pleaded imputations conveyed – meaning of "corruption" – consideration of multiple related publications by large media organisations in various formats – whether newspaper headlines, posters, or tweets should be considered in isolation from related newspaper articles DEFAMATION – defences – qualified privilege – whether respondents' conduct was reasonable – whether requirement of reasonableness applies to respondents' conduct in publishing entire matter, or defamatory aspects of the matter only – whether objective truth of matters reported is relevant to reasonableness under Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) and counterparts DEFAMATION – defences – qualified privilege – whether respondents were actuated by malice – attribution of one employee's malice – circumstance in which "innocent conduit" gives further expression of malice DEFAMATION – remedies – assessment of damages
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