John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Gacic
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | Gleeson CJ,Crennan J.,Gummow,Hayne JJ,Kirby J,Callinan,Heydon JJ. |
| Judgment Date | 14 June 2007 |
| Neutral Citation | 2007-0614 HCA D,[2007] HCA 28,2006-0614 HCA D |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | S480/2006 |
| Date | 14 June 2007 |
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McDonagh v Sunday Newspapers Ltd
...law, could be reviewed on appeal. In another case involving another newspaper in the group, John Fairfax Publications PTY Ltd v GACIC (2007) 235 ALR 402, a review was published of a restaurant called Coco Roco, which thundered that it sold unpalatable food and provided bad service. This, th......
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Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Chesterton
...test limited to imputations concerning character or conduct — Distinction between defamation and injurious falsehood — Gacic v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd (2006) 66 NSWLR 675 considered. Defamation — Statements amounting to defamation — Standards by which allegedly defamatory imputa......
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South Australia v Totani
...CJ. 203 (2009) 105 SASR 244 at 283 [167]. 204 (2009) 105 SASR 244 at 305 [273]. 205 Cf John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Gacic (2007) 230 CLR 291 at 302 [28]; [2007] HCA 206 See Australian Communist Party v The Commonwealth (1951) 83 CLR 1 at 3–5; [1951] HCA 5. 207 See Serious and Organis......
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Harbour Radio Pty Ltd v Trad
...at 373 [10], 417 [139]; [2004] HCA 5. 4 (2011) 279 ALR 183 at 189–190 [14]. 5 (2011) 279 ALR 183 at 186–189 [11]. 6 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Gacic (2007) 230 CLR 291 at 303–305 [31]–[41]; [2007] HCA 7 Minter v Priest [1930] AC 558 . 8 (2011) 279 ALR 183 at 185 [2]. 9 (201......
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High Court Clarifies Correct Test For Defamation In Business Reputation Cases
...reputation, a further layer of complexity and uncertainty was created by the 2007 case of John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Gacic (2007) 230 CLR 291, which involved a very adverse newspaper review of a restaurant. The question was whether it was defamatory to say that the food of a purpor......
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The Scope of Section 75(V) of the Constitution: Why Injunction but no Certiorari?
...c 77, Section 33, Sched; RSC O.58, r1. As to motions for a new trial, after verdict, see John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Gagic (2007) 230 CLR 291, 299–301 [21]–[24]. 6 Lord Halsbury (ed Laws of England (Butterworth, 1909) vol 10, 160 –1. 7 (1910) 11 CLR 1, 48–9 (‘Whybrow’). 8 See Mark L......
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Defamation: Comparative Law and Practice.
...(Kirby J). For a recent restatement of this criticism and its supporting authorities: see John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Gacic (2007) 235 ALR 402, 421 (Kirby J). (22) (2007) 235 ALR 402. I firmly rejected any such argument by way of dicta: at 421 (Kirby J). (23) John Fairfax Publicatio......