NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Snedden v Nationwide News [2009] NSWSC 1446 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S) : 20, 21, 23, 27, 28 29, 30 April, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, May, 3 July 20092
JUDGMENT DATE : 18 December 2009
JUDGMENT OF : Latham J
DECISION : (i) Verdict and judgment entered for the defendant. (ii) The plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs.
CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION - six imputations found by jury - defence of truth and contextual truth - whether contextual imputations were conveyed - justification at common law - verdict for defendant.
Defamation Act 1974 (NSW) Defamation Act 1957 (Tas) LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Foreign Incursions Act Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (Cth) Crimes (Torture) Act 1988 (Cth)
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 Ainsworth v Burden [2005] NSWCA 174 NSW v Commonwealth [1975] HCA 58 ; (1975) 135 CLR 337 CASES CITED : Hepburn v TCN Channel Nine P/L [1984] 1 NSWLR 386 John Fairfax Publications v Zunter [2006] NSWCA 227 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Hitchcock [2007] NSWCA 364 Jackson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1981] 1 NSWLR 36
PARTIES : Daniel Snedden - Plaintiff Nationwide News Pty Limited - Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20389/2005
COUNSEL : C Evatt/ R Rasmussen - Plaintiff T Blackburn SC / J Hmelnitsky - Defendant
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