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New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Vilo v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd & Anor [2000] NSWSC 937 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 17027/83 HEARING DATE(S) : 1 May 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 October 2000
PARTIES : Enn Vilo - Plaintiff John Fairfax & Sons Ltd & Anor - Defendants JUDGMENT OF : Simpson J at 1
COUNSEL : Mr T Molomby - Plaintiff Mr S Wheelhouse - Defendant SOLICITORS : Leitch Hasson & Dent - Plaintiff Mallesons Stephen Jacques - Defendants CATCHWORDS : Defamation - jury verdict in favour of plaintiff - defence of qualified privilege determined LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974 Human Rights Act 1998 Morgan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1990)20 NSWLR 511 Adam v Ward [1917] AC 309 Watt v Longsdon [1930] 1 KB 130 at 147-8 Morosi v Mirror Newspapers Limited [1977] 2 NSWLR 749 Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1997) 189 CLR 520 CASES CITED : Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Parker (1992) 29 NSWLR 448 Reynolds v Times Newspapers Limited [1999] 3 WLR 1010 Loveday v Sun Newspapers Limited (1938) 59 CLR 503 Wright v Australian Broadcasting Commission [[1977] 1 NSWLR 1 NSWLR 697] Wright v ABC (1977) 1 NSWLR Austin v Mirror Newspapers Limited (1985) 3 NSWLR 354 at 359 Morgan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [No.2] (1991) 23 NSWLR 374 at 383 DECISION : Defence of qualified privilege rejected.
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION Defamation
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