Category: Section 7A

Controversial Muslim community spokesman Keysar Trad succeeds against 2GB. Jury finds that a broadcast by talkback host Jason Morrison alleged Trad was a dangerous individual who incited racism and violence in the wake of the Cronulla riots ... more

Former NSW Labor MP gets three out of four imputations up against the Morning Crew. Jury finds it not defamatory to say an MP “was so tyrannical he turned his secretary into a personal slave” ... more

NSW Supreme Court jury wrestles with “grisly” imputations pleaded by a former paramilitary officer who The Australian said committed a massacre during the Bosnian conflict ... more

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Broadcast by Johnny Warren on SBS’s he World Game does not give rise to any of the imputations contended by the manager of international soccer star Harry Kewell. Section 7A. ... more

Alan Conwell, a former Qantas security manager who was admitted to the bar this year, was defamed in two articles by Sydney Morning Herald journalist Kate McClymont ... more

Abe Saffron defamed by clues and solution in a newspaper crossword puzzle. “Sydney underworld figure” found to be defamatory, but “Mr Sin” is not ... more

Channel Nine defamed a Bathurst highway patrolman, who was accused by A Current Affair of booking firemen on their way to an emergency ... more

A man who claimed $750,000 damages after he slipped on a greasy potato scallop has been entirely successful in the first part of his defamation action against The Daily Telegraph. But not before the editor of The Sunday Telegraph excused himself from jury duty ... more

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

“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

An hotelier whose establishment was likened to “Fawlty Towers” has been entirely successful in a s.7A trial against The Sunday Telegraph. All eight imputations pleaded by Archer Field, former manager of Jenolan Caves House, get up ... more