NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: Moumoutzakis v Carpino [2008] NSWDC 168
HEARING DATE(S): 28 – 31 July 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 15 August 2008
JURISDICTION: Civil
JUDGMENT OF: Gibson DCJ
1. Judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $50,000. DECISION: 2. Costs and interest reserved. 3. Liberty to apply. 4. Exhibits retained for 28 days.
CATCHWORDS: TORT - defamation - limited publication - imputations - defence of qualified privilege at common law and pursuant to s 30 Defamation Act - defence of triviality (s 33) - defence of partial justification abandoned at the end of the evidence - damages - aggravated compensatory damages - award of $50,000
Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED: Defamation Act 1974 (NSW), s 13 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), ss 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37 Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW), ss 22, 47, 48, 52 and 65A
Ali v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2008] NSWCA 183 Attrill v Christie [2007] NSWSC 1386 Bellino v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1996) 135 ALR 368 Bennette v Cohen (2005) 64 NSWLR 81 Bik v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1971) [1979] 2 NSWLR 679 (n) Calwell v Ipec Australia Pty Ltd (1975) 135 CLR 321 Carson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1993) 178 CLR 44 Davis v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 693 Doelle v Bedey [2007] QCA 395 Frawley v State of New South Wales [2006] NSWSC 248 Green v Schneller [2000] NSWSC 548 Harbour Radio Pty Ltd v Tingle [2001] NSWCA 194 Holmes v Fraser [2008] NSWSC 570 CASES CITED: Horrocks v Lowe [1975] AC 135 Jones v Sutton (2004) 61 NSWLR 614 Martin v Bruce [2007] NSWDC 264 McKenzie v Mergen Holdings Pty Ltd (1990) 20 NSWLR 42 Morosi v Broadcasting Station 2GB Pty Ltd [1980] 2 NSWLR 418 Mundey v Askin [1982] 2 NSWLR 369 Penton v Calwell (1945) 70 CLR 219 Peterson v Advertiser Newspapers Ltd (1995) 64 SASR 152 Pinniger v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1979) 26 ALR 55 Shelmerdine v Mewett [1993] SASC 3932 Skalkos v Assaf (2002) Aust Torts Reports 81-644 Trantum v McDowell [2007] NSWCA 138 Webb v Bloch (1928) 41 CLR 331 White v Betalli [2007] NSWCA 243
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