NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Griffith v ABC [No 1] [2007] NSWSC 711
14-16/3/07 19-23/3/07 26-27/3/07 HEARING DATE(S) : 29-30/3/07 2-5/4/07 10-13/4/07 25-29/6/07 2-3/7/07
JUDGMENT DATE : 4 July 2007
JURISDICTION : Common Law Division Defamation List
JUDGMENT OF : Kirby J
DECISION : (1) There should be judgment for the defendants in the action by Mr Griffith for injurious falsehood; (2) Mr Griffith should pay the defendants' costs in respect of such action.
CATCHWORDS : Defamation - application under R.29.10 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 re no case to answer in injurious falsehood claim - whether evidence of special damage.
LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974
Ballina Shire Council v Ringland (1994) 33 NSWLR 680 CASES CITED : Bass v TCN Channel 9 Pty Limited [2006] NSWCA 243 Watts v Rake (1960) 108 CLR 158 Ted Brown Quarries Pty Ltd v General Quarries (Gilston) Pty Ltd 16 ALR 23
Jeremy Norman Griffith (1st Pl) PARTIES : Foundation for Humanity's Adulthood (2nd Pl) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1st Def) David Millikan (2nd Def)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2001/20300
COUNSEL : K P Smark/S Chrystanthou (Pls) B W Walker SC/J Sheahan SC/E Raper (Defs)
SOLICITORS : Schweizer Kobras, Solicitors (Pls) ABC in-house Counsel (Defs)
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION DEFAMATION LIST
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