NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Trad v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 750
HEARING DATE(S) : 18-21 May 2009 25-26 May 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 31 July 2009
JURISDICTION : Civil
JUDGMENT OF : McClellan CJatCL
DECISION : Plaintiff's claim dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION - justification - truth - contextual truth - DEFAMATION - proper material for comment - opinion - DEFAMATION - privilege - qualified privilege - response to attack
Defamation Act 1974 Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth)
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Adam v Ward (1917) AC 309 Aktas v Westpac [2009] NSWCA 9 Bass v TCN Channel Nine [2003] NSWCA 118; (2003) 60 NSWLR 251 Cairns v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1983) 2 NSWLR 708 Corby v Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Nicholas J, 20 February 2008, unreported) Hepburn v TCN Channel 9 (1984) 1 NSWLR 386 Horrocks v Lowe [1975] AC 135 CASES CITED : Jackson v John Fairfax Publications & Sons Ltd (1981) 1 NSWLR 36 John Fairfax v Blake (2001) 53 NSWLR 541 Loveday v Sun Newspapers Ltd (1937) 59 CLR 503 Penton v Calwell (1945) 70 CLR 219 Radio 2UE Pty Ltd v Chesterton [2009] 8 HCA 16 Readers Digest Services Pty Ltd v Lamb (1982) 150 CLR 500 Rivkin v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 432 Sims v Wran (1984) 1 NSWLR 317
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