NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2002) 56 NSWLR 89
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : WHELAN & ANOR v JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PTY LTD & ORS [2002] NSWSC 1028 revised - 9/04/2003 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20499 OF 1998; 20502 OF 1998; 20503 OF 1998; 20556 OF 1999 10 October 2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 22 October 2001 25 October 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 November 2002
PAUL FRANCIS PATRICK WHELAN (First Applicant)
COLLEEN WHELAN (Second Applicant)
v PARTIES : JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS Pty Ltd (First Respondent)
DARREN GOODSIR (Second Respondent)
HEATH GILMORE (Third Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Levine J at 1
R McColl SC / P Gray (Paintiffs) COUNSEL : S D Rares SC/ A Leopold (Defendants) Jones & Staff (Plaintiffs) SOLICITORS : Freehills (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Justification - contextual imputations - Polly Peck - partial justification - common sting LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974 Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552 Allen v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd, unreported, NSWSC, Hunt J, 2 December 1988 Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden [1998] 43 NSWLR 158 Bank of NZ v Spedley Securities Ltd (In Liq) (1992) 27 NSWLR 91 Carrey v ACP Publishing Pty Ltd [1999] 1 VR 875 Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspapers Ltd (1998) 193 CLR 519 Clarke v Taylor & Anor ((1836) 2 Bing (N C) 654 Curran v Herald and Weekly Times, unreported, Supreme Court of Victoria, 28 September 1993 David Syme & Co Ltd v Hore-Lacy [2000] 1 VR 667 David Syme & Co Ltd & Anor v Hore-Lacy [2000] VSCA 24 Dunsec Pty Ltd v Nationwide News Ltd [2000] NSWCA 155 Edwards v Bell (1825) 1 Bing 403 at 409 Farquhar v Bottom [1980] 2 NSWLR 380 Goody v Odhams Press Ltd [1967] 1 QB 337 Grundmann v Georgeson (1996) Aust Torts Rep 63,500 Gumina v Williams (No 2) [1990] 3 WAR 351 Harb v Illawarra Newspapers Holdings Pty Ltd, unreported, Levine J, 10 November 1995 Hart v Wrenn (1995) 5 NTLR 17 Hepburn v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [1984] 1 NSWLR 386 Hore-Lacy v David Syme & Co Ltd [1998] VSC 96 Jackson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1981] 1 NSWLR 36 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Blake; David Syme & Co Ltd v Blake (2001) 53 NSWLR 541 CASES CITED : John Pfeiffer Pty Ltd v Rogerson (2000) 203 CLR 503 Jones v Skelton (1963) 63 SRNSW 644 Keating v Newcastle Newspapers Pty Ltd (No 2) [2001] NSWSC 106 Kelly v Special Broadcasting Service [1999] VR 69 Kennett v Farmer [1988] VR 991 Lewis v Daily Telegraph [1964] AC 234 Lucas-Box v News Group Newspapers Ltd [1986] 1 WLR 147 McBride v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2000] NSWSC 747 Marsden v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 510 Pamplin v Express Newspapers Ltd [1988] 1 WLR 116 Plato Films Ltd v Spiedel [1961] AC 1090 Polly Peck (Holdings) PLC and Ors v Trelford & Ors [1986] QB 1000 Prager v Times Newspapers Ltd [1998] 1 WLR 77 Random House Australia Pty Ltd v Abbott (1999) 94 FCR 296 Rantzen v Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd [1994] QB 670 Rigby v John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd, unreported, NSWCA, 1 February 1996 Robinson v Laws [2001] QCA 122 Sutherland v Stopes [1925] AC 47 Sydney Refractive Surgery & 3 Ors v Beaumont & 2 Ors [2002] NSWSC 638 TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd v Antoniadis (1998) 44 NSWLR 682 TWT Ltd v Moore (1991) A Def Rep 51,030 Wallace v Wallace [2001] WASC 134 Wickstead v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1 Woodger v Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Ltd (1992) 107 ACTR 1 DECISION : See paragraph 108
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