14-3-23 / Rob Anderson KC — Media & Defamation
This was an application for leave to appeal from a decision of the District Court awarding the respondent AUD70,000 in damages for defamation. The proposed grounds of appeal concerned the applicability of the qualified privilege defence. At issue was whether the publication had wrongly been held not to have been…
10-3-23 / Rob Anderson KC — Media & Defamation
An application for leave pursuant to s 118(3) of the District Court of Queensland Act 1967 to appeal the orders of Judge Porter KC dismissing an appeal from a defamation trial in the Magistrates Court. The issue concerned principally the defence of honest opinion and whether the Judge in the…
19-1-23 / Rob Anderson KC — Media & Defamation
Rob Anderson KC appeared for the plaintiff, instructed by the plaintiff himself. The judgment is published here.
19-8-22 / Rob Anderson KC — Media & Defamation
The plaintiff commenced defamation proceedings against a lot owner and committee member of the body corporate of the commercial community titles scheme in which the plaintiff owned a commercial premises. By way of two emails, the defendants alleged to the body corporate manager and body corporate committee that the plaintiff…
19-1-22 / Rob Anderson KC — Media & Defamation
An application by the plaintiff for an extension to the limitation period for filing a claim for defamation under section 32A of the Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld). The question for the Court was not whether it was reasonable to commence the proceedings outside the one-year limitation period, but rather whether it…
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