NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Mularczyk v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 467 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40108/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 24 October 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 December 2001
PARTIES : Claimants/Appellants: Liliana Mularczyk, Tsico Galettis, George Cullen, Deanna Knapman, Edward Noon, Mark Dixon Opponent/Respondent: John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Beazley JA at 2; Heydon JA at 37
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT 21448/96 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Levine J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Claimants/Appellants: Ms L McCallum Opponent/Respondent: Mr T Blackburn SOLICITORS : Claimants/Appellants: MacMahon Associates Opponent/Respondent: Freehills CATCHWORDS : Defamation - Imputation of Dishonesty - Perverse Jury Verdict LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974 (NSW) Mechanical & General Inventions Co v Austin [1935] AC 346 Hocking v Bell (1942) 42 SR (NSW) 130 Cairns v John Fairfax & Sons LTd [1983] 2 NSWLR 708 Australian Newspaper Co Ltd v Bennett [1894] AC 284 CASES CITED: Broome v Agar (1928) 138 LT 698 Cinevest Ltd v Yirandi Productions Ltd [2001] NSWCA 68 Austin v Culpepper (1684) 2 Show 313 Macrae v Sutherlan (1889) 16 R 476 Harrigan v Jones [2000] NSWSC 119 DECISION : Leave to appeal granted; Appeal allowed
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL
CA 40108/01 SC 21448/96 SHELLER JA BEAZLEY JA HEYDON JA
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