Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Schiff v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2022] FCA 1120 File number: NSD 1086 of 2021
Judgment of: JAGOT J
Date of judgment: 23 September 2022
Catchwords: DEFAMATION — separate questions — whether TV broadcast and/or article conveyed defamatory meanings — where tone, film techniques and music created high drama and intrigue contributing to defamatory meanings — TV broadcast carried imputations — related article did not carry imputations due to qualified language of probe and investigation
Legislation: Defamation Amendment Act 2020 (NSW) Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) ss 9, 25, 26
Cases cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Chau Chak Wing [2019] FCAFC 125; (2019) 271 FCR 632 Bazzi v Dutton [2022] FCAFC 84; (2022) 402 ALR 219 Besser v Kermode [2011] NSWCA 174; (2011) 81 NSWLR 157 Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspapers Ltd [1998] HCA 37; (1998) 193 CLR 519 Chase v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2002] EWCA Civ 1772; [2002] All ER (D) 20 Corby v Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 227 Cummings v Fairfax Digital Australia & New Zealand Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 325; (2018) 99 NSWLR 173 David Syme & Co Ltd v Hore-Lacy [2000] VSCA 24; (2000) 1 VR 667 Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 52; (2005) 221 ALR 186 in Amalgamated Television Services v Marsden [1998] NSWSC 4; (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd [1964] AC 234 McMahon v John Fairfax Publications Pty Limited (No 3) [2012] NSWSC 196 Nassif v Seven Network (Operations) Ltd [2021] FCA 1286 Palmer v McGowan [2021] FCA 430 Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Chesterton [2009] HCA 16; (2009) 238 CLR 460 Ross McConnel Kitchen & Co Pty Ltd v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1980] 2 NSWLR 845 Rush v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (No 7) [2019] FCA 496 Schiff v Nine Network Australia Ltd [2022] FCA 658 Stocker v Stocker [2019] UKSC 17; [2020] AC 593 Toben v Milne [2014] NSWCA 200 Triguboff v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 845
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