NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2007) Aust Torts Reports 81-902
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : KRISS v JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PTY LTD [2007] NSWSC 830
HEARING DATE(S) : 30 April - 2 May 2007
JUDGMENT DATE : 1 August 2007
JURISDICTION : Civil
JUDGMENT OF : McClellan CJatCL
DECISION : Verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $90,000
CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION – retrial – article published in the Sydney Morning Herald – plaintiff lawyer – imputation that plaintiff was struck off for shoddy financial legal advice – defences of substantial truth and public interest raised – contextual imputations pleaded – polly peck defence – injurious falsehood – malice – damages
LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974 (NSW)
Advertiser News-Weekend Publishing Co Ltd v Manock (2005) 91 SASR 206 Allen v John Fairfax (NSWSC, unreported, 2 December 1988) Carson v John Fairfax & Sons Limited (1993) 178 CLR 44 Crampton v Nugawela (1996) 41 NSWLR 176 David Syme & Co Ltd v Hore-Lacey (2000) 1 VR 667 Hall – Gibbs Mercantile Agency Limited v Dun (1910) 12 CLR 84 CASES CITED : Jarratt v John Fairfax Publication Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 739 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd & Anor v Jones (2004) NSWCA 205 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Zunter [2006] NSWCA 227 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Moodie (2003) 28 WAR 314 Palmer Bruyn and Parker Pty Limited v Parsons (2001) 208 CLR 388 Polly Peck v Trelford [1986] QB 1000 Roberts v Bass (2002) 212 CLR 1 Ron Woodham v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 1204
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