Bashford v. Information Australia (Newsletters) Pty. Limited [2001] NSWCA 470

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Bashford v. Information Australia (Newsletters) Pty. Limited [2001] NSWCA 470 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40619/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 16 November 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 December 2001

PARTIES : Rex Bashford - Appellant Information Australia (Newsletters) Pty. Limited - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Hodgson JA at 6; Rolfe AJA at 53

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT CLD 20872/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Davies AJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr. B. McClintock SC with Ms. M. Kumar (A) Mr. T.S. Hale SC with Mr. White (R) SOLICITORS : Eakin McCaffery Cox, Sydney for appellant Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Sydney for respondent CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION - Common law defence of qualified privilege - Truth - Contextual imputations - Whether occasion of qualified privilege - Reciprocal duty and interest - Inaccurate report of court proceedings - Whether privilege defeated - Whether additional material protected. D. LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974 ss.15, 16 Morosi v. Mirror Newspapers Limited [1977] 2 NSWLR 749 at 775, 780 Stephens v. Western Australian Newspapers Limited (1994) 182 CLR 211 at 246 Chakravarti v. Advertiser Newspapers Limited (1988) 193 CLR 519 at 556 Howe & McCullough v. Lees (1910) 11 CLR 361 Macintosh v. Dun [1908] AC 390 Telegraph Co. Newspapers Limited v. Bedford (1934) 50 CLR 632 CASES CITED: Adam v. Ward [1917] AC 309 Horrocks v. Lowe [1975] AC 135 Lange v. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1997) 189 CLR 520 Stuart v. Bell [1891] 2 QB 341 Toogood v. Spyring (1834) 1 CM&R 181 Whiteley v. Adams 15 CBNS 292. Bellino v. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1996) 185 CLR 183 Kimber v. The Press Association [1893] 1 QB 65 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs