The Federal Court considers a unique fact scenario which conjures pertinent questions of law, such as what makes a judgement final?Snapshot Is a defamation claim…
By Tim Maybury - 1 min read
NDAs should mitigate risks of workplace disputes going publicly nuclear, but only if they’re drafted effectively. Are you at risk? Confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses (also…
By Penny Thew - 1 min read
‘Stage 2’ reforms and what they will mean for the future of ‘digital defamation’.Snapshot Following passage of the Defamation Amendment Bill 2023, changes will come…
By David Helvadjian - 2 min read
A recent Federal Court decision was the first adjudication arising from a final hearing of the new s 29A defence.Snapshot One of the major reforms…
By David Helvadjian - 2 min read
Recent review of the Model Defamation Provisions examined the scope of liability of internet intermediaries in publication of third party content and defences to defamation.Snapshot…
By Kayte Lewis - 2 min read
High Court in Google LLC v Defteros considers whether a search engine is the publisher of defamatory material by providing a hyperlink to that article.Snapshot In…
By Paris Hart - 3 min read
Guidance from the UK on how the new public interest defence may be interpreted by NSW courts.Snapshot Since 1 July 2021, NSW Defamation law has…
By David Helvadjian - 2 min read
The new NSW serious harms test is identical to that in the UK, so could their case law be instructive here?Snapshot From 1 July 2021,…
By David Helvadjian - 2 min read
An analysis of why reform of the statutory defence of contextual truth is long overdue.Snapshot On 11 August 2020, the Defamation Amendment Act 2020 received…
By Jeremy Harrison - 2 min read
An examination of the amendments to section 35, which enacts statutory caps on awards of damages for non-economic loss.Snapshot The recent wide-ranging reforms to defamation…
By Paris Hart - 2 min read
An opinion piece on the contentious New South Wales defamation reforms.The Defamation Amendment Bill 2020 recently discussed by the New South Wales Attorney General Mark…
By Bruce McClintock SC - 3 min read
PATRICK GEORGE examines the National Review of Model Defamation Provisions and the need to address the impact of social media on the world of publication.Snapshot…
By Patrick George - 2 min read
The challenge technologies pose for defamation law may be better resolved by adapting existing principles than by special rules for specific circumstances. By NICHOLAS OLSON.Snapshot…
By Nicholas Olson - 2 min read