Category: Section 7A

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

Byron Bay property developer Jerry Bennette loses his appeal against a s.7A jury finding. The verdict was not outside the range of the rational. “Mere vulgar abuse” also given a well deserved airing ... more

NSW Labor MP Eddie Obeid wins another s.7A over the Oasis development allegations, this time against the ABC. McClintock on a roll as District Court jury finds all three imputations pleaded by the plaintiff conveyed and defamatory ... more

Section 7A trial. Financial adviser Peter Mahommed gets one out of 15 imputations up against Channel Seven’s Today Tonight – the only imputation almost conceded by Seven’s counsel Kieran Smark ... more

Section 7A trial. Defendants denied publication of “political scandal sheets” attacking the mayor and general manager of a local council. Jury disbelieves the denials and finds that all 90 imputations pleaded from 17 circulars arose and are defamatory. Success for Molomby SC ... more

Section 7A trial. BRW Young Rich entrant gets one out of 24 imputations up against Channel Nine’s A Current Affair. Full-frontal attack in five broadcasts, but the jury thought it was not defamatory to call a Sydney property developer, “a thief, crook and a scumbag” ... more

Section 7A verdict. Serbian restaurateurs unsuccessful in their action against The Sydney Morning Herald and Matthew Evans over scathing review of Coco Roco in “Good Living”. “A dismal pyramid of sorbet.” ... more

Section 7A trial. Jury finds only one imputation defamed former Taree police officer who was the subject of an investigation by Four Corners’ Sally Neighbour ... more

Non-violent Chinese student mistakenly accused of violent crime. Identification witnesses didn’t believe the newspaper article referred to the plaintiff, yet the section 7A jury finds eleven of 19 imputations conveyed and defamatory ... more

Lengthy section 7A trial, mainly about publication. Ninety-six out of 100 imputations arising from a variety of publications, including emails, found to arise and to be defamatory ... more

Section 7A. Public Interest Advocacy Centre funds defamation case. Secretary of the Dee Why mosque defamed in three articles published in The Australian ... more

Fisherman defamed by Today Tonight story on fraudulent compensation claims ... more