Papaconstuntinos v Holmes a Court
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | French CJ,Crennan,Kiefel,Bell JJ.,Heydon J. |
| Judgment Date | 05 November 2012 |
| Neutral Citation | [2012] HCA 53,2012-1205 HCA A |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | S319/2011 |
| Date | 05 November 2012 |
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9 cases
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Pattinson v Australian Building and Construction Commissioner
...NW Frozen Foods Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [1996] FCA 1134; 71 FCR 285 Papaconstuntinos v Holmes à Court [2012] HCA 53; 249 CLR 534 Parker v Australian Building and Construction Commissioner [2019] FCAFC 56; 270 FCR 39 Police v Cadd [1997] SASC 6187; 69 SASR 15......
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Jadwan Pty Ltd v Rae & Partners (A Firm)
...Investments Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 3; 216 CLR 388 Northern Territory v Mengel [1995] HCA 65; 185 CLR 307 Papaconstuntinos v Holmes à Court [2012] HCA 53; 249 CLR 534 Paterson v Paterson [1953] HCA 74; 89 CLR 212 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; 194 CLR 355......
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Cush v Dillon
... ... [2011] HCA 30 HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA French CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Heydon and Crennan, Kiefel and Bell JJ ... However, there intervened the decision of the Court of Appeal in Holmes a Court v Papaconstuntinos 53 , given shortly before these appeals were heard. In that case, the ... ...
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Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining, and Energy Union (Syme Library Case) (No 2)
...v Papaconstuntinos [2011] NSWCA 59 at [3] (Allsop P), (note that the decision was affirmed on appeal in Papaconstuntinos v Holmes à Court [2012] HCA 53; 249 CLR 90 In the Non-Indemnification Personal Payment Case, the matter came before the Full Court upon a remitter from the High Court for......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Defamation defendants don't have to show 'pressing need' to establish common law qualified privilege
...protect or further personal interests, rather than in answer to a request. The High Court's decision in Papaconstuntinos v Holmes a Court [2012] HCA 53 (5 December 2012) has settled this question. The majority held that, in cases where a defendant has volunteered a defamatory statement in o......
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Recent Developments in Defamation Law
...2012, the High Court gave some useful guidance in common law qualified privilege in its decision in Papaconstuntinos v Holmes a Court [2012] HCA 53. Just when can a person make defamatory allegations against another person and make out the qualified privilege When Peter Holmes à Court and R......