A “bare reference to Mr Sin” doesn’t help Abe Saffron’s imputations ... more
Category: Imputations
Saint v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd
Sun-Herald’s contextual imputations in “tax tears” case defective in form ... more
Phelps v Nationwide News Pty Ltd
Dr Kerryn Phelps keeps most of her imputations in case against Piers Akerman’s anthrax outpourings ... more
Coleman v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd
Ordinary reasonable readers would treat a Sun-Herald story on Souths’ football coach as a “joke”. Imputations incapable of arising ... more
Kelly v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd
Justice Levine rejects Justice Bell’s thinking on imputations of homosexuality. He thinks it’s defamatory, although context is everything ... more
Robertson v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd
Trade unions survive challenge to standing to sue. Yet only one imputation arising from Leonie Lamont’s opinion article survives ... more
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