Habib v Nationwide News Pty Limited [2010] NSWSC 924

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Habib v Nationwide News Pty Limited [2010] NSWSC 924

HEARING DATE(S) : 28-29 July 2010

JUDGMENT DATE : 19 August 2010

JURISDICTION : Civil

JUDGMENT OF : McClellan CJatCL

DECISION : Plaintiff entitled to an award of $5,000.

CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION - assessment of damages - extent of hurt to feelings and effect of defamatory publication upon plaintiff's reputation - DEFAMATION - effect of adverse findings of the plaintiff's credit in relation to assessment of damages - adverse findings made in respect of a plaintiff in the course of a trial not relevant to any award of damages - DEFAMATION - whether publication of articles in relation to the plaintiff after defamatory publication further damage the plaintiff's reputation - relationship between bringing of proceedings in defamation and effect of further publications based upon adverse findings of plaintiff in such proceedings

LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

ABC v McBride (2001) 53 NSWLR 430 Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden [2002] NSWCA 419 Burstein v Times Newspapers Ltd [2000] All ER (D) 2384; [2001] 1 WLR 579 Grobbelaar v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2002] All ER (D) 355 (Oct); [2002] 4 All ER 732 Habib v Nationwide News Pty Limited [2008] NSWSC 181 Jamoo v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 126 Jarratt v Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 739 CASES CITED : Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Somevald [2001] VSC 312 Mirror Newspapers Ltd v Harrison (1982) 149 CLR 293 O'Hagan v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (2001) 53 NSWLR 89; [2001] NSWCA 302 Pamplin v Express Newspapers (No 2) [1988] 1 All ER 282; [1988] 1 WLR 116 Ratcliffe v Evans [1892] 2 QB 524 Triggell v Pheeney (1951) 82 CLR 497 Turner v News Group Newspaper Ltd [2006] All ER (D) (May); [2006] 1 WLR 3469 Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (1966) 117 CLR 118