Category: Injunctions

Injunction refused over a YouTube clip that allegedly involved an “illegal recording” of abusive phone calls … The recording was not an interception … Mediation ordered … Naaman Zhou reports ... more

Victorian Supreme Court Justice John Dixon refuses to injunct an A Current Affair program which alleged a plumbing company was overcharging by hundreds of thousands of dollars … Defamation damages are an adequate remedy ... more

A young documentary filmmaker has won her NSW Supreme Court battle to discharge an injunction granted over eight minutes of footage featuring former PNG opposition leader, Dame Carol Kidu … There are “real concerns abut the plaintiff’s credibility” ... more

A documentary filmmaker’s moral obligations to her subject become the focus of intense questioning by Dame Carol Kidu’s barrister … The legal issue of consent remains central to the grant of a permanent injunction against the feature documentary The Opposition ... more

High drama marks an interesting legal contest in the NSW Supreme Court … At stake, the competing claims of a willing participant in a documentary, former PNG opposition leader Dame Carol Kidu, who says she was misled, and those of the documentary makers ... more

QLD District Court Judge Brendan Butler orders a self-represented defendant to refrain from publishing allegations of “rip-off conduct” on a website … His defences in defamation have “limited prospects” of success ... more

Former PNG opposition leader gets a temporary injunction – at a price … Dame Carol Kidu must provide $250,000 in security to stop a documentary featuring her role in the Paga Hill development dispute from screening in its current form ... more

Hard-fought NSW Supreme Court battle to restrain distribution of a documentary featuring PNG’s Dame Carol Kidu hears that defamation is the “white elephant in the room” ... Seb Tonkin reports ... more

Domino’s Pizza succeeds in temporarily restraining the broadcast of a documentary about a commercial dispute … A second hearing sees the order discharged by consent and costs awarded against the documentary maker over “highly aggressive” communications ... more

Eminent Sydney oncologist fails to injunct follow-up 7.30 Report story alleging he gave patients inadequate doses of cancer treatments … Meanwhile a Greek Orthodox priest succeeds in compelling Google Australia to remove a “grossly defamatory” blog…briefly ... more

Insurance giant QBE fails to prevent a 7.30 Report story from going to air … NSW Supreme Court Justice Stephen Campbell finds it unlikely QBE would be intimidated into settling a case brought in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal ... more

A rabid blogger who has been temporarily injuncted and fined for contempt is injuncted again over more defamatory postings alleging media boss Kerry Stokes, his son Ryan and his lawyer Justine Munsie bribed judges ... more