NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2005) Aust Torts Reports 81-789
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v O'Shane [2005] NSWCA 164
HEARING DATE(S): 8 and 9 September 2004
JUDGMENT DATE: 17 May 2005
JUDGMENT OF: Giles JA at 1; Ipp JA at 104; Young CJ in Eq at 141
DECISION: Appeal is allowed in part, damages to be reassessed.
CATCHWORDS: TORT- Defamation- Whether matter fact or comment- Whether material supporting comment. TORT- Defamation- Qualified privilege- Whether "Lange defence" available when judicial officer allegedly defamed.
LEGISLATION CITED: Defamation Act 1974, ss 9, 11, 22, 24, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 46A
Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (2001) 208 CLR 199 Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth (No 2) (1992) 177 CLR 106 Bashford v Information Australia (Newsletters) Pty Ltd (2004) 78 ALJR 346 Carleton v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2002) Aust Tort Rep 81-685; 172 FLR 398 Christie v Robertson (1889) 10 LR(NSW)(L) 157 Clarke v Norton [1910] VLR 494 Comalco Ltd v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1985) 64 ACTR 1 Conservation Council of SA Inc v Chapman (2003) 87 SASR 62 Cunliffe v Commonwealth (1994) 182 CLR 272 Dawes v News Ltd [1935] SASR 312 Digby v Financial News Ltd [1907] 1 KB 502 D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victorian Legal Aid [2005] HCA 12; 79 ALJR 755 Evening News, Re The (1880) 1 LR (NSW)(L) 211 Goldsbrough v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1934) 34 SR (NSW) 524 Harrigan v Jones (2001) Aust Tort Rep 81-621 Herald & Weekly Times v Popovic (2003) 9 VR 1 Horrocks v Lowe [1975] AC 135 Hoser v The Queen [2003] VSCA 194 Hunt v Star Newspaper Co Ltd [1908] 2 KB 309 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Attorney-General (NSW) (2000) 181 ALR 694 Kemsley v Foot [1952] AC 345 Kimber v The Press Association Ltd [1893] 1 QB 65 Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1997) 189 CLR 520 Mann v O'Neill (1997) 191 CLR 204 CASES CITED: McGinty v Western Australia (1996) 186 CLR 140 McRae v South Australian Telecasters Ltd (1976) 14 SASR 162 Mitchell v Sprout [2002] 1 NZLR 766 Morgan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (No 2) (1991) 23 NSWLR 374 Mowlds v Fergusson (1939) 40 SR (NSW) 311 Nagle v Chulov [2001] NSWSC 9 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Wills (1992) 177 CLR 1 New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Perkins (1998) 45 NSWLR 340 O'Shaughnessy v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1970) 72 SR (NSW) 347 Peek v Channel Seven Adelaide Pty Ltd [2004] SASC 425 Pervan v The North Queensland Newspaper Company Limited (1993) 178 CLR 309 Peterson v Advertiser Newspapers Ltd (1995) 64 SASR 150 Petritsis v v Hellenic Herald Pty Ltd [1978] 2 NSWLR 174 R v Dunbabin; Ex parte Williams (1935) 53 CLR 434 R V Fletcher; Ex parte Kisch (1935) 52 CLR 248 R v Nicholls (1911) 12 CLR 280 Re A Special Reference from the Bahama Islands [1893] AC 138 Rogers v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (2003) 216 CLR 327 Roux v Australian Broadcasting Commission [1992] 2 VLR 577 Sims v Wran [1984] 1 NSWLR 317 Slim v Daily Telegraph Ltd [1968] 2 QB 157 Stephens v West Australian Newspapers Ltd (1994) 182 CLR 211 Sutherland v ACP Publishing Pty Ltd [2000] NSWSC 1139 Theophanous v Herald & Weekly Times Ltd (1994) 182 CLR 104
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