Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Triguboff v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 845 File number: NSD 1462 of 2017
Judge: BROMWICH J
Date of judgment: 14 June 2018
Catchwords: DEFAMATION – interlocutory application seeking hearing of separate question or strike out of claim – is the matter complained of reasonably capable of being about the applicant – where publication only refers to company name – whether reference to company name without more can constitute reference to individual behind company – asserted notoriety of individual behind company – operation of s 9 of Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) – whether separate question hearings to be countenanced in Federal Court proceedings – asserted lack of jurisdiction or basis for strike out due to failure to identify readers in Australian Capital Territory or Northern Territory – whether imputations reasonably capable of arising or being defamatory of applicant or whether imputations are bad in form – held: article about company is not automatically article about owner unless link exists within publication – held: separate question granted and answered "no" – held: judgment entered for respondents with costs
Legislation: Defamation Act 1974 (NSW) s 7A Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) ss 8, 9 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 37M Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 13.01, 16.21, 30.01(1), 30.02
Cases cited: Adeang v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2016] FCA 1200 Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University [2009] HCA 27; 239 CLR 175 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Whitebox Trading Pty Ltd [2017] FCAFC 100; 251 FCR 448 Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd v Parras [2002] NSWCA 202; [2002] Aust Torts Reports 81-675 Club La Costa (UK) Ltd v Gebbard [2008] EWHC 2552 Consolidated Trust Co Ltd v Browne (1948) 49 SR (NSW) 86 Corby v Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 227 Crosby v Kelly [2012] FCAFC 96; 203 FCR 451 Cross v Denley (1952) 52 SLR (NSW) 112 David Syme & Co v Canavan (1918) 25 CLR 234 Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 E Hulton & Co v Jones [1910] AC 20 Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd v Armstrong Strategies Management and Marketing Pty Ltd [2013] HCA 46; 250 CLR 303 Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Pedavoli [2015] NSWCA 237; 91 NSWLR 485 Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 52; (2005) 79 ALJR 1716 Gardener v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 10 Gardiner v John Fairfax & Sons (1942) 42 SR (NSW) 171 Goodfellow v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 1152 Griffith v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2004] NSWCA 300 Harvey v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 255 Hockey v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 652; 237 FCR 33 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Rivkin [2003] HCA 50; 77 ALJR 1657 Jones v Skelton [1964] NSWR 485 at 491 Kruse v Lindner (1978) 45 FLR 412 Lee v Wilson (1934) 51 CLR 276 Malcolm v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2007] NSW 254 Mann v Medical Centre Pty Ltd (1991) 105 FLR 419 McCormick v John Fairfax & Sons (1989) 16 NSWLR 485 Mirror Newspapers v World Hosts (1979) 141 CLR 632 Murphy v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2007] FCA 781 Reading Australia Pty Ltd v Australian Mutual Provident Society [1999] FCA 718; 240 FCR 276 Palace Films Pty Ltd v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 1136 Plymouth Brethren (Exclusive Brethren) Christian Church v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; Plymouth Brethren (Exclusive Brethren) Christian Church v The Age Company Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 214 Plymouth Brethren (Exclusive Brethren) Christian Church v The Age Company Ltd; Plymouth Brethren (Exclusive Brethren) Christian Church v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 95 Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd v Palmer [2011] QCA 286; [2012] 2 Qd R 139 Radio 2 UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Chesterton [2009] HCA 16; 238 CLR 460 Rana v Google Inc [2017] FCAFC 156 Sim v Stretch (1936) 53 TLR 669 Slatyer v Daily Telegraph Newspaper Co (1908) 6 CLR 1 Street v Luna Park Sydney Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 697 Sungravure Pty Ltd v Middle East Airlines Airliban SAL (1975) 134 CLR 1 Steele v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1974] 2 NSWLR 348 Tepko v Water Board [2001] HCA 19; 206 CLR 1 Trkulja v Google LLC [2018] HCA 25 University of Sydney v ResMed Ltd (No 5) [2012] FCA 232 Wing v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd Younan v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCA 335 Zoef v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2016] NSWCA 283; 92 NSWLR 570
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