NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Ryan v Premachandran [2009] NSWSC 1186
HEARING DATE(S) : 20.07.09, 21.07.09, 22.07.09, 23.07.09
JUDGMENT DATE : 6 November 2009
JUDGMENT OF : Nicholas J
DECISION : par 143
CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION – trial by judge alone on all issues – email sent to plaintiff and 14 recipients – defences – justification – whether imputations that the plaintiff was incompetent, dishonest, untrustworthy, and responsible for the school's low education standard were true – common law qualified privilege – information volunteered – whether reciprocity of interest established – whether occasion of qualified privilege – malice – whether publication actuated by improper motive – fair comment and honest opinion – whether the words were comment or statements of fact – whether aggravated damages – assessment of damages
LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Ali v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2008] NSWCA 183 Broome v Cassell [1972] AC 1027 Crampton v Nugawela (1996) 41 NSWLR 176 Fraser v Holmes [2009] NSWCA 36 CASES CITED : Ley v Hamilton (1935) 153 LT 384 Palmer Bruyn & Parker Pty Ltd v Parsons [2001] HCA 69; (2001) 208 CLR 388 Papaconstuntinos v Holmes á Court [2009] NSWSC 903 Readers Digest Services Pty Ltd v Lamb [1982] HCA 4; (1982) 150 CLR 500 Rogers v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2003] HCA 52; (2003) 216 CLR 327 Triggell v Pheeney [1951] HCA 23; (1951) 82 CLR 497
PARTIES : Jennie Ryan - plaintiff Rajaratnam Premachandran - defendant
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