NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Ahmadi v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 702
HEARING DATE(S) : 7 December 2009-11 December 2009, 14 December 2009 - 18 December 2009, 21 December 2009, 1 April 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 1 July 2010
JURISDICTION : Common Law
JUDGMENT OF : Rothman J
(i) Judgment for the plaintiff in the proceedings;
DECISION : (ii) The defendant shall pay the plaintiff damages in an amount of $7,500;
(iii) The parties have leave to approach, at a time to be fixed, on the question of costs, including any special order as to costs, and on the question of interest, if any.
CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION – damages – jury verdict on liability and defence – six imputations proved true and two further imputations not proved true – reputation still damaged – jury verdict that article still defamatory – effect of true imputations to reduce damages significantly – more than nominal damages awarded
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden [2002] NSWCA 419 Carson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd & Slee [1993] HCA 31; (1993) 178 CLR 44 CASES CITED : Hobbs v Tinling [1929] 2 KB 1 John Fairfax & Sons Ltd v Kelly (1987) 8 NSWLR 131 Jones v Dunkel [1959] HCA 8; (1959) 101 CLR 298 Rogers v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2003] HCA 52; 216 CLR 327
PARTIES : Abdullah Ahmadi (Plaintiff) Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2008/289438
COUNSEL : C A Evatt / R Rasmussen / C Dibb (Plaintiff) T Blackburn SC / D Sibtain (Defendant)
SOLICITORS : The People's Solicitors (Plaintiff) Johnson Winter & Slattery Lawyers (Defendant)
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