Social media has become the new digital battleground as foreign actors try to improperly interfere in decision making processes and influence nations across the globe.
By Lorraine Finlay and Patrick Hooton - 6 min read
Guidance from the UK on how the new public interest defence may be interpreted by NSW courts.
By David Helvadjian - 6 min read
The new NSW serious harms test is identical to that in the UK, so could their case law be instructive here?
By David Helvadjian - 6 min read
An analysis of why reform of the statutory defence of contextual truth is long overdue.
By Jeremy Harrison - 6 min read
An examination of the amendments to section 35, which enacts statutory caps on awards of damages for non-economic loss.
By Parisa Hart - 5 min read
An opinion piece on the contentious New South Wales defamation reforms.
By Bruce McClintock SC - 6 min read
Voller judgment makes it clear that businesses can no longer afford to ignore online comments. By ANGUS MACINNIS
By Angus MacInnis - 6 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.
By Patrick George - 8 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.
By Nicholas Olson - 6 min read
There is an increasing tendency for solicitors to raise accusations of defamation during professional conflict. This brings more heat than light. By ELISSA BAXTER.
By Elissa Baxter - 4 min read
The Media Reform Bill removes the last of the rules regulating cross-media ownership of commercial radio, commercial television and associated newspapers. By PROFESSOR DEREK WILDING.
By Professor Derek Wilding - 7 min read
The Hockey case provides a wider lesson for those contemplating bringing proceedings for defamation or defending them. It demonstrates the risk of investing substantial amounts of money…
By Patrick George - 7 min read
On 1 July 2015, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Cth) became a new ‘mega tribunal’ with jurisdiction over administrative review, migration and refugee appeals, social security…
By Sophie Farthing - 6 min read