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Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd

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JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Judgment Date1966
Neutral Citation[1966] HCA 40,1966-0602 HCA D
Date1966
CourtHigh Court
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  • Contempt, defamation, and the dissemination of online poison: part two
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 6 July 2022
    ...while Google was content to watch him do so and earn revenue in the process. Footnotes 1 E.g. Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (1966) 117 CLR 118; Costello v Random House Australia Pty Ltd [1999] ACTSC 13; Conlon v Advertiser-News Weekend Publishing Co Pty Ltd [2008] SADC 91; Hockey v Fai......
5 books & journal articles
  • Involuntary Detention and the Separation of Judicial Power
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 35-1, March 2007
    • 1 March 2007
    ...to the availability of exemplary or punitive damages under the common law of tort in Australia, see Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (1966) 117 CLR 118 and Australian Consolidated Press Ltd v Uren (1966) 117 CLR 185. In contrast, 'aggravated' damages are theoretically compensatory, and ar......
  • Dead loss: damages for posthumous breach of the moral right of integrity.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 40 No. 1, August - April 2016
    • 1 August 2016
    ...18-19 [104]. (84) Robert Stevens, Torts and Rights (Oxford University Press, 2007) 85. See also Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (1966) 117 CLR 118, 149 ('Uren'), where Windeyer J stipulated that 'aggravated damages are given to compensate the plaintiff when the harm done to him by a ......
  • Breach of Contract and 'Unjust' Enrichment
    • Ireland
    • Trinity College Law Review No. XIII-2010, January 2010
    • 1 January 2010
    ...of the courts in relation to 51 14 July 1976 (HC). 54 (1996) 40 NSWLR 500. 55 (1996) 40 NSWLR 500, at 509. 56 See LRC, note 16. 57 (1966) 117 CLR 118. 58 (1966) 117 CLR 118, at 153. 59 Backwell vAAA [1997] 1 VR 182, at 203. 60 [1992] 2 VR 441. 61 [1992] 2 VR 441, at 448. Trinity College Law......
  • AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF EXEMPLARY DAMAGES IN AUSTRALIA.
    • Australia
    • 1 December 2019
    ...comments. (1) Whitfeld v De Lauret & Co Ltd (1920) 29 CLR 71, 81 (Isaacs J) ('Whitfeld'); Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (1966) 117 CLR 118, 130 (Taylor J), 149 (Windeyer J) ('Uren'); Rookes v Barnard [1964] AC 1129, 1221 (Lord Devlin) (2) For detailed discussion of these and ot......
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