Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Wing v The Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2018] FCA 1340
File number: NSD 1088 of 2017
Judge: RARES J
Date of judgment: 31 August 2018
Catchwords: DEFAMATION – justification – whether justification of imputation that person was believed on reasonable grounds to be guilty discloses reasonable defence to imputation that person guilty – whether publisher can rely on less serious meaning as defence of justification of more serious meaning – Polly Peck defence – Hore-Lacey defence – whether differently nuanced meaning capable of providing defence of justification DEFAMATION – particulars of justification – allegations of party's knowledge and state of mind – requirement of particulars providing same particularity as indictment
Legislation: Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987 (Cth) s 16 Federal Court Rules 2011 rr 16.41, 16.43 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) ss 8, 24, 25
Cases cited: Adeang v The Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2016] FCA 1200 Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552 Australian Securities Commission v Marlborough Gold Mines Ltd (1993) 177 CLR 485 Banque Commerciale SA (En liq) v Akhil Holdings Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 279 Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspapers Ltd (1998) 193 CLR 519 Cunliffe v Woods [2012] VSC 254 Crosby v Kelly [2013] FCA 1343 Dare v Pulham (1982) 148 CLR 658 David Syme & Co Ltd v Hore-Lacy (2000) 1 VR 667 Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd (2007) 230 CLR 89 Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd (2005) 221 ALR 186 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 George v Rockett (1990) 170 CLR 104 Giorgianni v The Queen (1985) 156 CLR 473 Gutnick v Dow Jones & Co Inc (No 4) (2004) 9 VR 369 Hamra v The Queen (2017) 260 CLR 479 Hussien v Chong Fook Kam [1970] AC 942 Hyams v Peterson [1991] 3 NZLR 648 John L. Pty Ltd v Attorney-General (NSW) (1987) 163 CLR 508 Johnson v Miller (1937) 59 CLR 467 Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd [1964] AC 234 Lloyd v David of Syme & Co Ltd [1986] AC 350 Mickelberg v Hay [2006] WASC 285 Mirror Newspapers Ltd v Harrison (1982) 149 CLR 293 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Moodie (2003) 28 WAR 314 Polly Peck (Holdings) Ltd v Trelford [1986] QB 1000 Rush v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 357 R v Hillier (2007) 228 CLR 618 Trkulja v Google LLC (2018) 356 ALR 178 West Australian Newspapers Ltd v Elliot (2008) 37 WAR 387 Whelan v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd (2002) 56 NSWLR 89 Wootton v Sievier [1913] 3 KB 499 Yorke v Lucas (1985) 158 CLR 661 Zierenberg v Labouchere [1893] 2 QB 183
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