Suzy David v David Tiglath Chibo [2006] NSWSC 1257

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Suzy David v David Tiglath Chibo [2006] NSWSC 1257

HEARING DATE(S) : 05.10.06

JUDGMENT DATE : 24 November 2006

JUDGMENT OF : Nicholas J

DECISION : Para 60

CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION - assessment - damages - aggravated compensatory damages for falsity of imputations and subsequent publications

LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974, s 46, s 46A

Bishop Mar Meelis Zaia v Chibo [2005] NSWSC 917 Broome v Cassell [1972] AC 1027 Carson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1992-1993) 178 CLR 44 Crampton v Nugawela (1996) 41 NSWLR 176 CASES CITED : Ley v Hamilton (1935) 153 LT 384 Markovic v White [2004] NSWSC 37 Readers Digest Services Pty Ltd v Lamb (1982) 150 CLR 500 Rogers v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (2003) 216 CLR 327 Triggell v Pheeney (1951) 82 CLR 497

PARTIES : Suzy David - plaintiff David Tiglath Chibo - defendant

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20101/05

COUNSEL : G M McGrath - plaintiff Ex parte - defendant

SOLICITORS : Michael Jokovic & Associates - plaintiff Ex parte - defendant

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION DEFAMATION LIST

Nicholas J

24 November 2006

20101/05 Suzy David v David Tiglath Chibo JUDGMENT 1 His Honour: The plaintiff Miss Suzy David, a solicitor and prominent member of the Assyrian community in Sydney, sues the defendant in respect of three publications. These proceedings are for the assessment of damages only. 2 The first publication complained of was published by the defendant in the edition of "Zinda Magazine" of 11 January 2005 under the heading "The Hood, the Bad, & the Holy". It was also published on the magazine's website, and also by means of an email sent by the defendant on 15 January 2005 to persons in New South Wales and Victoria. 3 The plaintiff claims that the Zinda article carries the following imputations: