NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Haklane & Ors v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 341 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20904 of 2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 21 March 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 April 2002
JOHN HAKLANE (First PLaintiff)
ROSE HAKLANE (Second Plaintiff)
GEORGE HAKLANE (Third Plaintiff)
STEVEN HAKLANE (Fourth Plaintiff) PARTIES : ANTHONY HAKLANE (Fifth Plaintiff)
NAHA ERDAM (Sixth Plaintiff)
v
JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PTY LTD (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Levine J
B McClintock S.C. (Plaintiffs) COUNSEL : T Blackburn (Defendant) Gilbert & Tobin (Plaintiffs) SOLICITORS : Freehills (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Identification - "class" - "family" - imputations - capacity - form - difference in substance LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974 Amalgamated Television Services v Marsden (1998) 45 NSWLR 158 Bazdaric and Ors v TCN Channel 9 Pty Ltd, unreported, Levine J, 10 June 1994 CASES CITED : Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Commission (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 Knuppfer v London Express Newspapers Ltd [1944] AC 116 McCormick v John Fairfax and Sons Ltd and Anor (1989) 16 NSWLR 485 DECISION : See paragraph 23
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