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CITATION : McBride v ABC [2000] NSWSC 747 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 15135 of 1988 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 August 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 4 August 2000
WILLIAM GRIFFITH McBRIDE (Plaintiff)
PARTIES : v
AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Levine J
R A Campbell (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : T K Tobin Q.C. M Lynch (Defendant) Maurice May & Co. (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Judith Walker ABC (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Contextual imputations - capacity - form - s 13 - insufficiency of particulars - mitigation of damages - bad reputation - insufficiency of particulars Allen v John Fairfax & Sons Limited (unreported, 2 December 1988) Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 Associated Newspapers Ltd v Dingle [1964] AC 371 Broome v Cassell & Co Limited (1972) AC 1027 Cairns v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Limited (1983) 2 NSWLR 708 Chappell v Mirror Newspapers Limited (1985) Aust Torts Rep 80-691 Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 Feros v West Sydney Radio Pty Limited & Anor (Court of Appeal unreported, 22 June 1982) Hansen v Border Morning Mail (unreported, 24 October 1986) Hepburn v TCN Channel Nine Pty Limited (1984) 1 NSWLR 386 Hobbs v Tinling & Co Ltd [1929] 2 KB 1 Hughes v Mirror Newspapers Limited (1985) 3 NSWLR 504 CASES CITED : Jackson v John Fairfax & Sons Limited (1981) 1 NSWLR 36 John Fairfax & Sons Pty Limited v Kelly (1987) 8 NSWLR 131 Kelly v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Limited (1982) 2 NSWLR 478 King & Mergen Holdings v McKenzie (1991) 24 NSWLR 305. Marsden v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited (unreported, Levine J, 4 May 1998) Monte v Mirror Newspapers Limited (1979) 2 NSWLR 663 at 678 Morosi v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1977] 2 NSWLR 749 NRMA Insurance Limited v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited (unreported, 14 July 1989) Plato Films Limited v Speidel (1961) AC 1090 Scott v Sampson (1882) 8 QBD 491 Singleton v Ffrench (1986) 5 NSWLR 418 Warren v Nationwide News Pty Limited (unreported, Levine J, 14 May 1999) Waterhouse & Anor v Hickie (1995) Aust. Tort Reports 81-347 Wishart v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1963] SR(NSW) 745: 80 WN 1567 DECISION : See paragraph 128
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