Carson v John Fairfax and Sons Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1993] HCA 31,1993-0616 HCA A
Date1993
Year1993
CourtHigh Court

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1 firm's commentaries
  • Defamation claim and mixed martial arts - case note
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 1 Julio 2021
    ...loss to the plaintiff, an award of damages serves three (3) overlapping purposes. Following Carson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd & Slee [1993] HCA 31, these (a) Consolation for the plaintiff's hurt and distress caused by the publication; (b) Reparation for the harm done to the plaintiff's reput......
2 books & journal articles
  • Dead loss: damages for posthumous breach of the moral right of integrity.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 40 No. 1, August 2016
    • 1 Agosto 2016
    ...are at large, may include several different kinds of compensation to the injured plaintiff' (131) Carson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1993) 178 CLR 44, 60 (Mason CJ, Deane, Dawson and Gaudron JJ) (132) Uren (1966) 117 CLR 118, 150 (Windeyer J). (133) Carson (1993) 178 CLR 44, 60 (Mason CJ......
  • A Giant Problem: The Influence of the Chicago School on Australian Competition Law, Economic Dynamism and Inequality
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 47-4, December 2019
    • 1 Diciembre 2019
    ...Journal 82, 86. 89. See, for example, CSR Limited v Eddy (2005) 226 CLR 1, 40 [95] (McHugh J); Carson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd & Slee (1993) 178 CLR 44 [18] of McHugh J’s dissenting 90. Boral (2003) 215 CLR 374, 461 [268]. See also Shirley Quo, ‘Interpretation and Application of the Purpos......