NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2001) Aust Torts Reports 81-584
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : McMullen v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2000] NSWSC 925 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division Defamation List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 21374/95 HEARING DATE(S) : 7-18 February 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 3 October 2000
PARTIES : Patrick McMullen (Plaintiff) TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Dunford J
COUNSEL : Mr T Hale SC / Mr R Lancaster (Plaintiff) Mr S Rares SC / Mr P Gray (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Barnes & Wenden Attorneys (Plaintiff) Gilbert & Tobin Lawyers (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION - Defences - Justification (Truth) - Qualified Privilege - Reasonableness - Comment - Unlikelihood of Harm - Damages Defamation Act, ss 7A, 13, 15(2), 22, 29-35 LEGISLATION CITED : Queensland Criminal Code, s 377 Defamation Act 1989 (Qld) Defamation Act 1957 (Tas) Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1997) 189 CLR 520 Adam v Ward [1917] AC 309 Morosi v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1977] 2 NSWLR 749 Loveday v Sun Newspapers Ltd (1938) 59 CLR 503 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v International Financing & Investment Pty Ltd [1999] WASCA 95 CASES CITED : Austin v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1985) 3 NSWLR 354 Horrocks v Lowe [1975] AC 135 NSW Aboriginal Land Council v Perkins (1998) 45 NSWLR 340 Chappell v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1984] A Torts R para 80-691 King & Mergen Holdings Pty Ltd v McKenzie (1991) 24 NSWLR 305 Singleton v John Fairfax Ltd [1983] 2 NSWLR 722 DECISION : See para 97
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