3-6-20 / Rob Anderson KC — Media & Defamation
A defamation matter where the defendant applied pursuant to r 483(1) of the UCPR for preliminary determination that none of the words it published in fact conveyed any of the imputations pleaded by the plaintiffs in the proceeding. The plaintiffs complain that an ASIC press release concerning action taken against…
29-5-20 / Rob Anderson KC — Media & Defamation
A journalist employed by Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd applied for access to and copies of a number of the tendered documents during the course of a defamation trial. Such an order was said to be necessary for the purpose of the journalist writing further newspapers articles (in the public interest)…
24-4-20 / Rob Anderson KC, Rachel De Luchi — Media & Defamation
The Court dismissed an appeal by Alan Jones, Harbour Radio Pty Ltd, and Radio 4BC Brisbane Pty Ltd against injunctions ordered by the trial judge which restrained each appellant from again publishing matter and imputations found to be defamatory. The appellants were ordered to pay the respondents’ costs of the…
22-11-19 / Rob Anderson KC — Media & Defamation
The plaintiffs obtained damages following the broadcast of a 60 Minutes episode concerning the Grantham floods. This decision follows the verdict of the jury on the questions whether the meanings alleged by the plaintiffs were carried by the broadcast. General compensatory and aggravated compensatory damages were awarded. Rob Anderson QC…
18-10-19 / Rob Anderson KC, Rachel De Luchi — Appellate, Media & Defamation
The appellants sought to set aside injunctions restraining them from publishing defamatory matter relating to the plaintiffs. In issue was whether the trial judge had provided sufficient reasons for granting the injunctions, and, particularly, whether injunctions against the corporate media defendants were supportable by the evidence. Both the appeal and…
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