NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : EL AZZI v NATIONWIDE NEWS PTY LTD [2005] NSWSC 247
HEARING DATE(S) : 5, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 October 2004; 1 November 2004; 31 January 2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 31 March 2005
JUDGMENT OF : Levine J
DECISION : 1 Judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $5,600; 2 I order the defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs on a party and party basis; 3 I order the return of the exhibits.
CATCHWORDS : Defamation - all issues jury trial - qualified privilege at common law and under s 22 of the Defamation Act 1974 - verdict (whether nominal or of substance) - interest - costs - vale
Defamation Act 1974 LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Supreme Court Act 1970
Austin v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1985) 3 NSWLR 354 Australian Consolidated Press v Driscoll (1988) Aust Torts Reports 80-175 Bashford v Information Australia (Newsletters) Pty Limited (2004) 204 ALR 193 Bellino v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1996) 185 CLR 183 Casauria v De Kever (unreported, VSC, Hayne J, 21 November 1994, BC9405828) Dunford Publicity Studios Ltd v News Media Ownership Ltd [1971] NZLR 961 Guise v Kouvelis (1947) 74 CLR 102 Howe & McColough v Lees (1910) 11 CLR 361 John Fairfax & Sons Ltd v Kelly (1987) 8 NSWLR 131 Mason v Doyle (unreported, NSWSC, Studdert J, 24 March 2005) CASES CITED : Maxwell v Murphy (1957) 96 CLR 261 Morgan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1990) 20 NSWLR 511 Morgan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (No 2) (1991) 23 NSWLR 374 Mowlds v Fergusson (1939) 40 SR (NSW) 311 Rodway v R (1990) 169 CLR 515 Simonius Vischer & Co v Holt & Thompson [1979] 2 NSWLR 322 Stephens v West Australian Newspapers Limited (1993) 182 CLR 211 Toogood v Spyring (1834) 1 Cr M & R 181; 149 ER 1044 West v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 767 Wright v Australian Broadcasting Commission [1977] 1 NSWLR 697
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