Jackson v TCN Channel 9 [2001] NSWCA 108

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Jackson v TCN Channel 9 [2001] NSWCA 108 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40393/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 12 April 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 10 May 2001

Glen Jackson & Ors PARTIES : v TCN Channel 9 Pty Ltd JUDGMENT OF : Handley JA at 1; Hodgson CJ in Eq at 44; Wood CJatCL at 48

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division LOWER COURT CLD 21010/96 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Hulme J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : T Molomby/RKM Rasmussen (Appellants) B R McClintock SC (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Paul Kenny & Associates Edgecliff (Appellants) Gilbert & Tobin Sydney (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION - imputation relating to group membership may be defamatory of an individual member if the matter complained of related to an organised group or if there was something to point to the particular individual - jury may consider implications and inferences which may be drawn from a television programme LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act (NSW) 1974 Eastwood v Holmes (1858) 1 F & F 347 [175 ER 759] Lewis v Daily Telegraph Limited [1964] AC 234 Amalgamated Television Services v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 Knupffer v London Express Newspaper Ltd [1944] AC 116 CASES CITED: Crowley v Glissan (1905) 2 CLR 402 Singleton v Ffrench (1986) 5 NSWLR 425 Hunter v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police [1982] AC 529 Fidelitas Shipping Co Ltd v V/O Exportchleb [1966] 1 QB 630 General Motors-Holden's Pty Limited v Moularas (1964) 111 CLR 234 Holford v Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Co Limited [1909] VLR 497 DECISION : Leave to appeal granted. Orders made