Year: 2003

Injunctions    February 24, 2003

Attorney General v Punch Ltd

The House of Lords reviews breach of court injunction by third parties and upholds government appeal against the expired Punch magazine ... more

 
Privacy    February 18, 2003

Douglas v Hello! Ltd

Mr and Mrs Douglas fail to have Hello!’s defence struck out despite destruction of vital evidence. Plaintiffs permitted to amend their claim against the celebrity magazine ... more

 
Publication    February 12, 2003

Young v New Haven Advocate

US appeal court spurns the Dow Jones v Gutnick approach in squabble over jurisdiction for internet defamation ... more

 
Publication    February 12, 2003

Macquarie Bank Ltd v Berg

Summary proceedings not the place to grapple with question of juridiction for defamation proceedings arising from internet publication ... more

 
Imputations    February 10, 2003

Roberman v Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Pleadings. The word “caused” raises its head again in clunky imputations. It’s still a weasel word in all its splendid ambiguity. West Australian judge despairs at the sterility of procedural forms ... more

 
Damages    February 1, 2003

Rogers v Nationwide News Pty Ltd

NSW District Court’s findings and verdict against Nationwide News Pty Ltd in favour of a prominent Sydney eye surgeon, Christopher Rogers has been upheld in the High Court of Australia … more

 
Damages    January 27, 2003

Jackson & nine ors v TCN Channel 9 Pty Ltd

Mike Munro’s swansong… $1.7 million verdict against A Current Affair over misuse of bikie footage to illustrate a report on organised crime. Channel Nine behaved like a “bully” and with “wicked recklessness” … more