Gazette

Perversity appeal upheld for the first time since the High Court’s decision in Rivkin. NSW Court of Appeal does not send the imputation back for a new jury trial but directs judgment fo the plaintiff ... more

Court of Appeal restores jury verdict in favour of ABC. Justice Shaw erred in discharging jury and ordering a new s.7A trial in relation to Four Corners’ program. Jury has to undertake an “impressionistic exercise” and Justice McColl says in considering perversity there should be appellate restraint, as jurors are the arbiters of community standards ... more

Judge J.C. Gibson adopted a one dimensional approach to the matter complained of, substituted her own view for that reasonably open to the jury and applied the wrong test to the facts. NSW Court of Appeal restores “perverse” jury verdict ... more

Review by NSW Court of Appeal of all reasons given by judges who have discharged s.7A juries. Decision reserved in Pavy “try on” appeal ... more

Perversity appeal turned down. Open for a jury to reject union’s interpretation of Piers Akerman’s Daily Telegraph column ... more

In the first perversity appeal since the High Court decision in Rivkin, Justice Ruth McColl goes through Dr Roy Beran’s imputations one by one and finds that it was reasonably open to the jury to reject his case against The Sydney Morning Herald ... more