Supreme Court jury obeys Justice Michael Adams’ “very strong” directions and reverses the “unreasonable” verdict delivered by the first jury. Today Tonight alleged the plaintiff was a “dishonest financial advisor” ... more
Year: 2007
Browne v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Gay chief executive failed in his attempt to prevent The Mail on Sunday from publishing details of his private life. The House of Lords refused an appeal by BP boss Lord Browne of Madingley, finding that his relationship with a Canadian man was “generally accessible” ... more
Rachel Gardener v Nationwide News Pty Ltd
NSW Court of Appeal finds yet another jury “perverse or irrational”. A re-trial is ordered in the case of Rachel Gardener, a convicted bank robber and schoolteacher who sued The Daily Telgraph ... more
Romzi Ali v Nationwide News Pty Ltd
The Australian withdraws all its defences after accusing the former secretary of the Dee Why mosque of being a supporter of terrorism. Justice Bruce James to determine the harm done ... more
Paul Perrett v Newcastle Newspapers Pty Ltd
“Cancer con man” gets one of three imputations up in his defamation action against Newcastle Newspapers, but not the one that held him responsible for a woman’s premature death ... more
Shari-Lea Hitchcock v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd
Eastern suburbs party girl and former mistress of cardboard mogul Dick Pratt, Shari-Lea Hitchcock, wins a round against The Sun-Herald. Justice Henric Nicholas finds her social activities are not a matter of public interest and strikes out the newspaper’s defences ... more