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New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS v RENE RIVKIN [1999] NSWCA 164 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40796/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 19 May 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 May 1999
JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PARTIES : v RENE RIVKIN JUDGMENT OF : Handley JA at 1; Sheller JA at 17; Brownie AJA at 18
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 20084/98 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Levine J
COUNSEL : M J Neil QC (claimant) T E G Hughes QC (opponent) SOLICITORS : Freehill Hollingdale & Page (claimant) Gilbert & Tobin (opponent) CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION - whether imputation ambiguous - true innuendo - whether need to prove objective truth of extrinsic facts - Defamation Act 1974 - s7A - appeals from interlocutory decisions ACTS CITED : Defamation Act 1974 State Government Insurance Office v Rees (1979) 144 CLR 549 at 561 CASES CITED: Mirror Newspapers Limited v World Hosts Pty Ltd (1979) 141 CLR 632 at 641 The Will of Gilbert (1946) 46 SR (NSW) 318 at 323 DECISION : Summons for leave to appeal dismissed with costs
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL
CA 40796/98 CLD 20084/98
HANDLEY JA SHELLER JA BROWNIE AJA
Wednesday 19 May 1999
JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS v RENE RIVKIN
DEFAMATION - whether imputation ambiguous - true innuendo - whether need to prove objective truth of extrinsic facts - Defamation Act 1974 - s 7A - appeals from interlocutory decisions
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