NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Monte & Anor v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 209 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20888 of 2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 18 March 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 March 2002
FRANK MONTE (First Plaintiff)
JAMES MONTE PARTIES : (Second Plaintiff)
v
JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PTY LTD (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Levine J
M Rollinson (Plaintiffs) COUNSEL : W H Nicholas Q.C. (Defendant) Horowitz & Bilinsky (Plaintiffs) SOLICITORS : Freehills (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Defamation - imputations - difference in substance - "lying" - "committed perjury" - true innuendo - multiple imputations embarrassing LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Mayfield-Smith v Mirror Newspapers (1982) 2 NSWLR 419 Morosi v Mirror Newspapers Limited (1977) 2 NSWLR 749 R v Dobos (1984) 58 ACTR 10 R v Charles (Court of Criminal Appeal, unreported, 23 March 1998) CASES CITED : R v Davies (1973) 7 SASR 375 R v Jones (Court of Criminal Appeal, unreported, 23 March 1998) R v Lewis (1914) 10 Tas LR 48 Singleton v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (Hunt J, unreported, 20 February 1980) The Queen v Baker (1895) 11 QB 797 Versace v Monte [2002] FCA 190 DECISION : See paragraph 26
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