NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: McBride v John Fairfax Publications Pty Limited & Anor [2008] NSWCA 63
HEARING DATE(S): 3 April 2008 JUDGMENT OF: McColl JA at 5; Young CJ in Eq at 6; Handley AJA at 2
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE: 3 April 2008
DECISION: Leave to appeal refused. Summons dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: DEFAMATION - Contextual imputations - Jury entitled to read between lines - Contextual imputations may be conveyed between the lines in addition to express imputations
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
CASES CITED: Lewis v Daily Telegraph [1964] AC 234
William Griffith McBride (Claimant) PARTIES: John Fairfax Publications Pty Limited (First Opponent) Norman Swan (Second Opponent)
FILE NUMBER(S): CA 40478/07
COUNSEL: T S Hale SC/R K M Rasmussen (Claimant) K P Smark SC (First and Second Opponent)
SOLICITORS: Slater & Gordon (Claimant) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (First and Second Opponent)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: Supreme Court - Common Law Division
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): SC 13029/89
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Price J
LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION: 27 June 2007 5 July 2007
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40478/07
MCCOLL JA YOUNG CJ IN EQ HANDLEY AJA
3 April 2008 WILLIAM GRIFFITH MCBRIDE v JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PTY LIMITED & ANOR Judgment
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