Justice Howie twice refused to discharge s.7A jury despite “purposeful” straying outside the scope of proceedings by self-represented defendant ... more
Year: 2006
Ramrakha v Chaudhry
NSW Court of Appeal upholds jury verdict in former Fijian politicians’ defamation stoush. There is a distinction between breach of confidence, disloyalty and “gross disloyalty” ... more
Mark French v Triple M Melbourne Pty Ltd
Triple M gets summary judgment for professional cyclist Mark French set aside. French’s solicitor acted in a “precipitate and unwarranted, if nonetheless legal” manner, says Justice Bongiorno ... more
Dr Roy Beran v The Age Company Pty Ltd
Sydney neurologist Dr Roy Beran has succeeded against The Age but failed against The Sydney Morning Herald in relation to substantially the same two articles. Was it the s.7A jury, the imputations or the barrister? ... more
Rachel Gardener v Nationwide News Pty Ltd
Former Homebush High English teacher and alleged bank robber defamed by The Daily Telegraph. Jury throws out eight other imputations because the plaintiff failed to get past the identification issue ... more
Mamdouh Habib v Nationwide News Pty Ltd
Verdict: one out of 24 imputations gets up in Mamdouh Habib case. Piers Akerman defames the former Guantanamo detainee but remaining imputations overwhelmed by “other messages”. What did Clive Evatt have for lunch? asks Guy Reynolds ... more
Mamdouh Habib v Nationwide News Pty Ltd
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib’s defamation action against Nationwide News started without a bang in the Darlinghurst court. Habib’s barrister Clive Evatt says the four matters complained of convey “terrible imputations” ... more
Jennifer Collins v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd & Alan Jones
Radio jock Alan Jones on a roll as he rails against “the farce and fiasco and shambles” of Campbelltown and Camden hospitals. Unfortunately, in the process he defamed the former head of the Macarthur Area Health Service ... more
Channel Seven Adelaide Pty Ltd v “S”
The ex-boyfriend of Liberal pollie Trish Draper has had a preliminary victory in defamation proceedings against Channel Seven and the ABC. There’s more to being a “murder suspect” than meets the eye ... more