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| Damages November 2, 2006 | |
| McGaw v Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd | |
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A David Richardson beat-up sees Justice Rothman award former NSW rugby league superstar Mark “Sparkles” McGaw “damages of the highest order” – $385,000 – over a Today Tonight story that did “extraordinary” damage to his reputation ... more |
| Damages October 19, 2006 | |
| Richard Talbot v Nationwide News Pty Ltd | |
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Judge Judith Gibson finds NRMA board member Richard Talbot “a witness of truth” and awards him damages of $200,000 arising from a defamatory Piers Akerman piece containing “serious and substantial inaccuracies” ... more |
| Damages October 12, 2006 | |
| Edward Obeid v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd | |
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Justice Clifton Hoeben awards former NSW minister Eddie Obeid damages of $150,000 over an award-winning Sydney Morning Herald story that alleged he was corrupt. Fairfax’s defence of qualified privilege failed on all counts ... more |
| Damages September 18, 2006 | |
| Gregory Hodge v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd & Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd | |
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Acting Justice Rex Smart awards substantial defamation damages of $320,000 to Greg Hodge, the former Olympic swimming coach accused by A Current Affair of being a pervert who was obsessed with an 11-year-old girl ... more |
| Damages July 28, 2006 | |
| Maurice Kriss v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd | |
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Award of $100,000 damages against The Sydney Morning Herald for defamation of a barrister after Justice Michael Adams found that dishonesty and breach of trust fell short of “shoddy advice”. A further amount of $1,008 for injurious falsehood ... more |
| Damages June 23, 2006 | |
| Nguyen v Nguyen & Vu Publishers & Ors | |
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Staunch anti-Communist and former publisher of The Bell of Saigon awarded $60,000 over defamation by rival publishers. Acting Justice Patten finds evidence of express malice ... more |
| Damages June 2, 2006 | |
| Craftsman Homes Australia Pty Ltd v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd | |
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Acting Justice Rex Smart’s massive judgment finds for Channel Nine in defamation but against the broadcaster in trespass and misleading and deceptive conduct. Nine ordered to pay damages of $310,000 ... more |
| Damages April 5, 2006 | |
| Arthur Dent v Macquarie Radio Network Pty Ltd | |
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Justice Virginia Bell awards $65,000 to “malingering” skydiver Arthur Dent, an “unusual individual” defamed by 2UE’s Ray Hadley. Macquarie Radio’s plethora of defences went nowhere ... more |