NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 53 NSLWR 89
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : O'Hagan v Nationwide News P/L [2001] NSWCA 302 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40535 of 2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 27/08/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 September 2001
John O'Hagan PARTIES : v Nationwide News Pty Ltd JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Stein JA at 13; Brownie AJA at 33
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division LOWER COURT 20831 of 1996 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Ireland J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : A: T Molomby with R Rasmussen R: W Houghton QC with T Blackburn SOLICITORS : A: Messrs. C R Fitzsimons Solicitors & Attorneys R: Messrs Blake Dawson & Waldron Lawyers CATCHWORDS : Defamation - plea of mitigation of damages - admissibility of evidence - whether evidence related to 'relevant sector' of reputation - appeal dismissed. Anderson v Mirror Newspapers (1986) 5 NSWLR 735 Television New Zealand v Prebble Chappell v Mirror Newspapers Marsden v Amalgamated Television Services([1999] NSWSC 1119, unreported, 15/11/99) CASES CITED: Scott v Sampson (1882) 8 QBD 491at 503 Plato Films Ltd & Ors v Speidel [1961] AC 1090 at 1100 Goody v Odhams Press [1967] 1 QB 333 at 34-341 Hibbs v CT Tinling & Co Ltd [1929] 2 KB 1 Morosi v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1977] 2 NSWLR 749 at 80 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs; Cross-Appeal dismissed with costs.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL
CA 40535 of 2000 SC – CL 20831 of 1996 MEAGHER JA STEIN JA BROWNIE AJA
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