Because the onus is on the media to get it right and an honest mistake is no defence to a charge of contempt, by and large courts have persisted with sloppy methods of notifying suppression orders to news rooms and in-house legal advisers ... more
Year: 2005
Burns v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd & Ors
Broadcast by Steve Price and John Laws on 2UE which mocked “poofs” and their “grubby activities” capable of inciting hatred towards homosexual men. Breach of Anti-Discrimination Act found by Administrative Decisions Tribunal ... more
Jones v Sutton
NSW Court of Appeal says Judge Gibson’s reasoning on the defence of unlikelihood of harm is “difficult to analyse”. Trial judge applied the wrong test for the defence. Damages of $5,000 awarded for defamation by Warringah councillor … more
James Byrne v Paul Barry
Use of AVOs not readily available to impede journalists seeking footage for a story. No reasonable ground to fear harassment. Costs order against Jim Byrne ... more