Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Chesterton
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judgment Date | 22 April 2009 |
| Neutral Citation | [2009] HCA 16,2009-0422 HCA C |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | S474/2008 |
| Date | 22 April 2009 |
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...Telegraph Newspaper Co Ltd67 if it identified anything other than ‘a man of fair average intelligence’. More recently, in Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Chesterton68, French CJ, Gummow, Kiefel and Bell JJ disfavoured any additional requirement of ‘right-thinking’ and preferred, as the referee o......
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MZAPC v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection and Another
...(1959) 101 CLR 226 at 233; Hembury v Chief of the General Staff (1998) 193 CLR 641 at 656 [38]; Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Chesterton (2009) 238 CLR 460 at 485 241 [1909] VLR 497 at 526. 242 7 Edw VII c 23. 243 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 8(1). 244 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6(......
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3 firm's commentaries
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Lawsy, The 'Beer-Bellied Buffoon' And A Judgment For Defamation
...any size) is now likely to be couched in allegations of injurious falsehood or negligent misstatement. 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Chesteron (2009) 254 ALR 606; [2009] HCA 16; (22 April 2009) The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advic......
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High Court Clarifies Correct Test For Defamation In Business Reputation Cases
...but not in defamation. On 22 April 2009 the High Court of Australia handed down its decision in Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Chesterton [2009] HCA 16 which states the test for what will be considered to be in business reputation cases, overruling an earlier decision of the New South Wales Cou......
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Defamation as a weapon against systemic racism?
...19 Rod Hollier, 'Defamation Law in Australia', The Law Project (Webpage, 11 March 2020) 5.1 . 20 Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Chesterton (2009) 238 CLR 460, 477 21 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) ('Defamation Act') s 10A. 22 See Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd [2019] UKSC 27, [10]-[12]. 23 Hollier ......
1 books & journal articles
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Taming the ‘Chilling Effect’ of Defamation Law: English Experience and Implications for Australia
...302.29. Confirmed by the High Court of Australia as constituting the general test for defamation: Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd vChesterton (2009) 238 CLR 460, [36]–[38] (‘Chesterton’).30. Armstrong (n 25) [112]; Lesses (28) [125]; Gould (n 22). See also Terence K Tobin and Michael Sexton, Aust......