NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Mundine v Brown (No 6) [2010] NSWSC 1285
HEARING DATE(S) : 10 May - 1 June 2010, 6 August 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 5 November 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Harrison J
1. Verdict for the plaintiff for $60,000. DECISION : 2. I will hear the parties on the question of costs. 3. Direct that the exhibits be returned after 28 days.
CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION – defence of common law qualified privilege – where matter complained of published in newspaper circulating in Clarence Valley – where plaintiff not named in article – whether publication to entire readership of paper or only those persons who identified the plaintiff from extrinsic facts – held publication to all recipients – defence of qualified privilege rejected – DAMAGES – hurt to feelings and loss of reputation – plaintiff employed as Aboriginal mental health worker – defamatory imputation that she was incompetent as such – where plaintiff the only Aboriginal mental health worker in Clarence Valley – defamation substantial – plaintiff awarded $60,000 – no aggravated damages
LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 2005
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Aktas v Westpac Banking Corporation Limited [2010] HCA 25 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Comalco Ltd (1986) 12 FCR 510 Bashford v Information Australia Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 5; (2004) 218 CLR 366 Bennette v Cohen [2009] NSWCA 60 Carson v John Fairfax and Sons Ltd [1993] HCA 31; (1993) 178 CLR 44 Cassell & Co Ltd v Broome [1972] AC 1027 Crampton v Nugawela [1996] NSWSC 651; (1996) 41 NSWLR 176 Goyan v Motyka [2008] NSWCA 28 Herald & Weekly Times Ltd v McGregor [1928] HCA 36; (1928) 41 CLR 254 Howe & McColough v Lees [1910] HCA 67; (1910) 11 CLR 361 Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [1997] HCA 25; (1997) 189 CLR 520 CASES CITED : Megna v Marshall [2010] NSWSC 686 Moit v Bristow [2005] NSWCA 322 Morosi v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1977] 2 NSWLR 749 Mundine v Brown [2010] NSWSC 468 Mundine v Brown (No 2) [2010] NSWSC 514 Mundine v Brown (No 3) [2010] NSWSC 515 Mundine v Brown (No 4) [2010] NSWSC 516 Mundine v Brown (No 5) [2010] NSWSC 517 Rogers v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2003] HCA 52; (2003) 216 CLR 327 Smith's Newspapers Ltd v Becker [1932] HCA 39; (1932) 47 CLR 279 State of New South Wales v Riley [2003] NSWCA 208; (2002-2003) 57 NSWLR 496 Stephens v West Australian Newspapers [1994] HCA 45; (1994) 182 CLR 211 Triggell v Pheeney [1951] HCA 23; (1951) 82 CLR 497
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