NSW District Court … Proceedings dismissed over failure to particularise serious harm in concerns notice … Breach of Harman undertaking … English authorities on serious harm distinguished because of concerns notice obligation … Injunctions refused … Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports … more
Category: Serious harm
Wilks v Qu (Ruling 2)
Victorian County Court … Serious harm preliminary hearing in powerlifting coach case abandoned … Issue to be determined at trial … Possibility of need to make findings of fact concerning allegations … Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports … more
Wilks v Qu (Ruling)
Preliminary hearing on serious harm element granted to defendant … Powerlifting heavyweight suing over allegations of sexual harassment … Consideration of “as soon as practicable” … “Special circumstances” … Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports … more
Serious harm
Commentary and analysis … Serious harm … Newman v Whittington … A separate element of the cause of action … When is serious harm determined? … Common law principles unsettled … Publication … Presumption of damage … Significant implications … Statutory interpretation … Professor David Rolph writes … more
Rader v Haines
NSW District Court … Publication of email from plaintiff’s parents-in-law to his parents in England … English law to be applied … Serious harm threshold to be met … Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports … more