John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Rivkin
Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
Judge | Gleeson CJ,McHugh J,Kirby J,Callinan J,Heydon J |
Judgment Date | 10 September 2003 |
Neutral Citation | 2003-0910 HCA A,[2003] HCA 50 |
Court | High Court |
Docket Number | S353/2002 |
Date | 10 September 2003 |
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106 cases
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McDonagh v Sunday Newspapers Ltd
...of law. On appeal, errors of law are central to the function of the Court of Appeal. In John Fairfax Publications PTY Ltd v Rivkin (2003) 201 ALR 77 an article was published by the Fairfax Group in a newspaper concerning a death in suspicious circumstances. At issue were the imputations ari......
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Bashford v Information Australia (Newsletters) Pty Ltd
...16: see joint reasons at [8]; reasons of Gummow J at [115]–[116], [118], [128]; reasons of Callinan J at [229]. See also John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Rivkin (2003) 77 ALJR 1657 at 1671 [86]; 201 ALR 77 at 96. 206 Set out in joint reasons at [8]; reasons of Gummow J at [115], [128];......
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Hanson-Young v Leyonhjelm (No 4)
...44; [2007] 1 AC 359 Jameel (Yousef) v Dow Jones & Co Inc [2005] EWCA Civ 75; [2005] QB 946 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Rivkin [2003] HCA 50; (2003) 201 ALR 77 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Zunter [2006] NSWCA 227 Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd [2019] UKSC 27 Lange v Australia......
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Google Llc v Defteros
...AC 234 at 283–284; Goldsmith v Sperrings Ltd [1977] 1 WLR 478; [1977] 2 All ER 566; John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Rivkin (2003) 77 ALJR 1657; 2001 ALR 131 Howe v Lees (1910) 11 CLR 361; Bashford v Information Australia (Newsletters) Pty Ltd (2004) 218 CLR 366 at 378 [25]; Papaconstu......
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1 books & journal articles
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Defamation: Comparative Law and Practice.
...Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135, 148-51 (Kirby P); John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Rivkin (2003) 201 ALR 77, 95-6 (Kirby J). For a recent restatement of this criticism and its supporting authorities: see John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Gacic (2007) ......