In this defamation proceeding between two surgeons, the plaintiff applied for leave to deliver interrogatories and to strike out parts of the defence. The interrogatories sought by the plaintiff were in a form commonly administered in New South Wales when defences of qualified privilege are pleaded. The Court did not…
Dyer v Chrysanthou (No 2) (Injunction) [2021] FCA 641
11-6-21 / Michael Hodge KC — Media & Defamation
An application for an injunction to restrain the First Respondent, a barrister, from continuing to act in a defamation proceedings for the Second Respondent, a government minister. The Applicant made this application on two grounds. First, that there was a danger that the First Respondent would use confidential information received…
In these defamation proceedings multiple corporate and individual plaintiffs sued in relation to an article published on “WeChat”. The plaintiffs alleged that the publications gave rise to defamatory imputations and the court looked at whether the alleged imputations were conveyed. A particular issue arose in relation to the notion that…
