NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 6 DCLR (NSW) 157
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: Martin v Bruce [2007] NSWDC 264
HEARING DATE(S): 16/11/07
JUDGMENT DATE: 11 December 2007
JURISDICTION: Civil
JUDGMENT OF: Gibson DCJ
DECISION: (1) Judgment for the plaintiff for $25,000; (2) Defendant pay plaintiff's costs; (3) The parties bring in Short Minutes of Order concerning the mathematically agreed interest calculation upon the damages of $25,000; (4) Liberty to restore in relation to interest and costs; (5) Exhibits retained for 28 days.
CATCHWORDS: Defamation - damages - mitigation - plea of bad reputation fails - aggravated compensatory damages
Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED: Defamation Act 1974 (NSW), ss.46A and 48 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), ss.34, 38(1)(c)-(e) and 38(2)
Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden [2002] NSWCA 419 Andrews v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1980] 2 NSWLR 225 Associated Newspapers Ltd v Dingle [1964] AC 371 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v McBride (2001) 53 NSWLR 430 Bailey v Truth & Sportsman Ltd (1938) 60 CLR 700 Bickel v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd and Another [1981] 2 NSWLR 474 Burstein v Times Newspapers Ltd [2001] 1 WLR 579 Carson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1993) 178 CLR 44 Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspaper Ltd (1998) 154 ALR 294 Chappell v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1984) Aust Torts Reports 80-691 Crampton v Nugawela (1996) 41 NSWLR 176 David Syme & Co Ltd v Mather [1977] VR 516 Dingle v Associated Newspapers Ltd [1961] 1 All ER 897 John Fairfax & Sons Ltd v Kelly (1987) 8 NSWLR 131 Jones v Sutton (2004) 61 NSWLR 614 CASES CITED: Jones v Sutton (No. 2) [2005] NSWCA 203 Judd v Sun Newspapers Ltd (1930) 30 SR (NSW) 294 Lang v Beardsmore [1968] 2 NSWR 673 McCombie v Bennett (1886) NSWR 151 National Auto Glass Supplies (Australia) Pty Limited v Nielsen and Moller Autoglass (NSW) Pty Limited (No 8) [2007] FCA 1625 Obeid v John Fairfax Publications Pty Limited [2006] NSWSC 1059 Obeid v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2007] NSWDC 26 Plato Films Ltd v Speidel [1961] AC 1090 Rogers v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (2003) 216 CLR 327 Scott v Sampson (1882) 8 QBD 491 Thompson; Hsu v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [1998] QB 498 Trantum v McDowell [2007] NSWCA 138 TVNZ Limited v Ah Koy [2002] 2 NZLR 616 Waterhouse v Broadcasting Station 2GB Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 58 Webb v Bloch (1928) 41 CLR 331 Zarth v Williamson & Ors [2006] NSWCA 246
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