Statutory tort of serious invasion of privacy ... Former Queensland Supreme Court Judge Peter Applegarth KC examines the relationship between the statutory tort and the general law ... Can claimants pursue actions in the common law tort or equity? ... Breath of life for general law remedies ... more
Tort of serious invasion of privacy ... Former Queensland Supreme Court Judge Peter Applegarth KC examines the journalism exemption to the tort in light of it being raised in the Groth case ... The "character of news" ... Consideration of the extrinsic material ... "A wide but uncertain exemption" ... more
Federal Court of Australia ... Interlocutory application from Herald Sun to have early determination of journalism exemption to statutory privacy tort ... Claim brought by Brittany Groth, wife of senior Victorian Liberal, over claims as to when her relationship commenced ... Submissions on common law claims ... Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Federal Court of Australia ... Case management in proceedings brought by Victorian Deputy Liberal Leader Sam Groth and wife, Brittany, against Herald Sun, editor and journalist ... Claims in defamation and privacy ... Early determination of journalism exemption in privacy tort sought ... Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
District Court of NSW ... Developer obtain interim injunctions over defamation, privacy and intimidation claims ... Allegations of defendant seeking $50,000 to not oppose development application ... Campaign of opposition said to have followed refusal ... Privacy claim over wedding photos ... Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Test of new tort of serious invasion of privacy looms ... Herald Sun report concerning Victorian Liberal Sam Groth and his wife, Brittany, and when their relationship commenced ... Concerns notice issued raising defamation and invasion of privacy ... Statements by Groths and Herald Sun editor ... Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Privacy tort in England and Wales ... Media concerns about chilling effect of court judgments on reporting police investigations overstated, academic argues ... Review of decisions in Richard, Sicri and ZKC v Bloomberg ... Principles for establishing public interest proposed ... Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Seminar hosted by Johnson Winter Slattery on the new tort of serious invasion of privacy ... Perspectives from the experience in England and Wales ... Journalism exemption the "elephant in the room" ... Likely issues for judicial consideration ... Scope for injunctions ... Importance of test cases ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
How equity gave birth to a tort ... The development of the law of privacy ... Conference in London to mark 20 years since Naomi Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers ... Breach of confidence ... Remedies ... Editorial latitude ... Leading cases ... Pointers for serious invasions of privacy in Australia ... Emeritus Professor Barbara McDonald reports ... more
County Court of Victoria ... Court recognises tort of invasion of privacy ... Recognised as bifurcation of breach of confidence ... Action by estranged daughter over father's interviews with mass media publications ... Individual right to human dignity and autonomy ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Great cases on privacy ... Photographs of private moments ... Freedom of expression up against the personal private sphere ... The balancing process ... Sex and privacy ... Law enforcement investigations ... Landmark Cases in Privacy Law reviewed by Professor Barbara McDonald ... more
Media submissions to the attorney general's privacy review ... Statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy ... Weighing the merits of the arguments for and against the statutory tort ... Impact on free speech ... A fertile litigation frontier ... Overlapping remedies ... Alan Zheng reports ... more
