Year: 2000

No qualified privilege for Bishopsgate fraud stories
More inquiries needed to satisfy judge … more

Eye surgeon turns negligence into defamation bonanza … more

‘Sunday’ taught a lesson with $150,000 damages to school teacher … more

While petrol hits a $1 a litre …
Defamation damages reach $1 a viewer … more

“Uncertain” effect of GST on defamation damages
‘Daily Telegraph’ produces “personality change” in plaintiff … more

Qualified privilege defeated
$70,000 damages for alderman over real estate story … more

North shore poo war not privileged … more

Splenetic and false attack defeats qualified privilege in ethnic media row … more

“Is that the self-same roll from which you have just been struck?”
Philosopher held out as a buffoon … more

Former Victorian Police Commissioner sued over a story in the ‘Good Weekend’ which discussed a security firm he ran. Imputations that the plaintiff had been party to a deliberate and gross deception of the Victorian prison authorities to get equipment to which he had no entitlement, conducted a security business in a dishonest and fraudulent manner and engaged in activities which caused him to be shunned by a well known and reputable security company. … more

Partner of law firm defamed in a letter written by French law firm and sent to his firm’s managing partner. Imputations that plaintiff was motivated by personal animosity not justifiable concerns in lobbying, that the plaintiff had an extra-marital relationship to gain a personal advantage, behaved against the international reputation of his firm and behaved in a morally, ethically and professionally questionable manner. … more

Doctors defamed after their picture, marginally altered, was used on the cover of a medical malpractice brochure. Imputations that the plaintiffs had engaged in, or could be subject to claims of, medical malpractice. … more