The lion’s den The strange phenomenon of self-defeating defamation cases Click Here to go to What Katy Did Substack Article by Professor Katy Barnett, Professor at Melbourne Law School First Published on Substack, What Katy Did. “Having escaped the lions’ den,...
Public Interest Defence Following a series of high-profile massive payouts for defamation (see Rush case note ), new laws have been introduced to address some of the problems with the uniform defamation laws that apply throughout the nation. In NSW, these laws are...
REFORM TO DEFAMATION LAWS Each Australian State (and Territory) have their own enacted defamation laws. Following a review into Australia’s Model Defamation Provisions, amended defamation laws have been introduced in most States of Australia from 1 July 2021....
Cable v Sinclair Cable v Sinclair [1788] NSW KR 7, Court of Civil Jurisdiction Proceedings Warrant Depositions Education Resources Warrant Return to Lost Parcel Home Page> Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection: Court of Civil Jurisdiction;...
Defamation law reform and social media What happens on the internet stays on the internet? Article published in Legal Briefs by Justine Hanks, Education Manager, Rule of Law Education Centre “Defamation law is a difficult balancing exercise between freedom of speech...
