Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Hun v Aljazeera International (Malaysia) SDN BHD (No 3) [2024] FCA 1261 File number(s): VID 767 of 2022
Judgment of: MCEVOY J
Date of judgment: 31 October 2024
Catchwords: DEFAMATION – practice and procedure – application seeking leave to file amended defence – application to strike out defences of justification and public interest – whether particulars could support proposed defences of justification and public interest – principles relevant to pleading defences in defamation proceedings – principles relevant to s 29A of the Defamation Act 2005 (Vic) – whether particulars infringe Parliamentary privilege – mitigation of damages – pleading of bad general reputation in mitigation – justification defence struck out – public interest defence and pleading of bad general reputation in mitigation to be left to trial
Legislation: Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987 (Cth) s 16 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 16.02(2), 16.21(1) Defamation Act 2005 (Vic) ss 25, 29A
Cases cited: Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552 Associated Dominions Assurance Society Pty Ltd v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (1955) 72 WN (NSW) 250 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill (2006) 227 CLR 57 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Wing (2019) 271 FCR 632 Barilaro v Shanks-Markovina (No 2) 287 FCR 597 Bellino v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1996) 185 CLR 183 Brooks v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1331 Channel 7 Sydney Pty Ltd v Mahommed (2010) 278 ALR 232 Crosby v Kelly [2013] FCA 1343 Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 Eardley v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 1374 Gair v Greenwood [2017] NSWSC 1652 Gallagher v Destiny Publications Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] WASC 475 Hayson v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 376 Jameel (Mohammed) v Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl [2007] 1 AC 359 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Hitchcock (2007) 70 NSWLR 484 Khan v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 3) [2015] WASC 400 Kingsfield Holdings Pty Ltd v Sullivan Commercial Pty Ltd [2013] WASC 347 Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd [2021] EWHC 1797 (QB) Leyonhjelm v Hanson-Young (2021) 282 FCR 341 London Artists Ltd v Littler [1969] 2 QB 375 Lord Ashcroft v Foley [2012] EWCA Civ 423 Murdoch v Private Media Pty Ltd [2022] FCA 1275 O'Sullivan v Farrer (1989) 168 CLR 210 Pahuja v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd (No 2) [2016] NSWSC 1074 Plato Films Ltd v Speidel [1961] AC 1090 Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd [2001] 2 AC 127 Rush v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (2018) 359 ALR 473 Russell v Australian Broadcasting Corp (No 3) [2023] FCA 1223 Trade Practice Commission v Pioneer Concrete (Qld) Pty Ltd (1994) 52 FCR 164 Wing v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2018] FCA 1340 Wootton v Sievier [1913] 3 KB 499 Yorkshire Provident Life Assurance Company v Gilbert & Rivington [1895] 2 QB 148 Zierenberg v Labouchere [1892] 2 QB 183
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