Bateman v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd 15

[2013] ACTSC 72; 8 ACTLR 13

Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory

Australia - Australian Capital Territory

26th April, 2013

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
Rep v Clinch	[2021] ACAT 106	Australian Capital Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	3 Nov 2021	AustLII	6
Mutch v BHP Billiton Ltd	[2015] VSC 253	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	5 Jun 2015	AustLII	4
VTS IT Pty Ltd v Russell	[2015] ACTSC 230	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	14 Aug 2015	AustLII	3
EBA v Commonwealth of Australia	[2021] ACTSC 186	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	18 Aug 2021	AustLII	2
Langton v Western Sydney Local Health District	[2017] ACTSC 352	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	23 Nov 2017	AustLII	2
Moromilov v Dragicevic	[2013] ACTSC 91	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	17 May 2013	AustLII	2
Bailey-Brown Southern New South Wales Local Health District	[2019] ACTSC 78	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	28 Mar 2019	AustLII	1
Practitioner D3 v Council of the Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory	[2018] ACTCA 47	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory - Court of Appeal	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	17 Oct 2018	AustLII	1
Saeedi v Pastrello	[2023] ACTSC 21	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	17 Feb 2023	AustLII
Yates v New South Wales	[2021] ACTSC 193	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	25 Aug 2021	AustLII
Khoury v Kirwan	[2020] VSC 466	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	30 Jul 2020	AustLII
Petterson v Amaca Pty Ltd	[2017] VSC 134	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	24 Mar 2017	AustLII
Tabbaa v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd	[2015] NSWDC 171	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	13 Aug 2015	AustLII

Law Journal Articles Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title	Citation(s)	Author	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
"Small Defamation Claims In Small Claims Jurisdictions: Worth Considering For The Sake Of Proportionality?"	(2018) 41 University of New South Wales Law Journal 1222	Gould, Kim	Australia	circa 2018	AustLII	1
"The NSW Government Discussion Paper on Defamation Law Reform Defamation and Media Law Conference, University of New South Wales, 20 March 2019" [2019] CommsLawB 1	(2019) 38 Communications Law Bulletin 1	Gibson, Judith	Australia	circa 2019	AustLII

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Constitution
Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002 (ACT)	s123
Evidence Act 2011 (ACT)	s143, s174
Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-Vesting) Act 1993 (ACT)	s5
Protection of Public Participation Act 2008 (ACT)
Supreme Court Act 1933 (ACT)	s13, s22, s11
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)	s5, s205D
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth)	s5
Defamation Act 2005 (NSW)	s14, s17, s18
Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-Vesting) Act 1987 (NSW)
Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW)	s51

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
Ewins v BHP Billiton Ltd	[2005] VSC 4	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	12 Jan 2005	AustLII	56
British American Tobacco Australia Ltd v Gordon	[2007] NSWSC 230	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	16 Mar 2007	AustLII	45
David Syme & Co Ltd v Grey	[1992] FCA 479; (1992) 38 FCR 303; (1992) 115 ALR 247	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	24 Sep 1992	AustLII	42
Carey v Australian Broadcasting Corporation	[2010] NSWSC 709; (2010) 77 NSWLR 136	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	30 Jun 2010	AustLII	40
Scanlon v American Cigarette Co (Overseas) Pty Ltd (No 1)	[1987] VicRp 21; [1987] VR 261		Australia - Victoria	21 Aug 1986	AustLII	40
Cini v Pets Paradise Franchising (SA) Pty Ltd	[2008] SASC 287; (2008) 102 SASR 177	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	27 Oct 2008	AustLII	37
Irwin v Queensland	[2011] VSC 291	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	27 Jun 2011	AustLII	36
James Hardie Industries Pty Ltd v Grigor	(1998) 45 NSWLR 20; (1998) 16 NSWCCR 434		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1998	LexisNexis AU	35
Waterhouse v Australian Broadcasting Corporation	(1989) 86 ACTR 1; (1989) 97 FLR 1		Australia - Australian Capital Territory	circa 1989	LexisNexis AU	32
Fraser v Victorian Railways Commissioners	[1909] HCA 5; (1909) 8 CLR 54; 15 ALR 93	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	8 Mar 1909	AustLII	32
Ra v Nationwide News Pty Ltd	[2009] FCA 1308; (2009) 182 FCR 148	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	13 Nov 2009	AustLII	25
Talacko v Talacko (No 2)	[2009] VSC 444; (2009) 25 VR 613	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	2 Oct 2009	AustLII	24
Baffsky v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd	(1990) 97 ACTR 1; [1990] A Def R 50-090		Australia - Australian Capital Territory	circa 1990	LexisNexis AU	23
Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd v Fierravanti-Wells	[2011] NSWCA 246; (2011) 283 ALR 178; (2011) 81 NSWLR 315	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	24 Aug 2011	AustLII	21
Slater & Gordon Pty Ltd v Porteous	[2005] VSC 398	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	3 Oct 2005	AustLII	21
McLeod v Munro	[2005] VSC 375	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	15 Apr 2005	AustLII	17
Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd v Zunic	[2001] NSWSC 561; (2001) 22 NSWCCR 92; (2001) 122 IR 170	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	5 Jul 2001	AustLII	16
Safeway Stores plc v Tate	[2000] EWCA Civ 335; [2001] QB 1120; [2001] 4 All ER 193; [2001] 2 WLR 1377; [2001] EMLR 13	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	18 Dec 2000	BAILII	16
Holt v Forehan	[2006] VSC 148	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	21 Apr 2006	AustLII	15
Eden v Amaca Pty Ltd	[2007] VSC 374	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	3 Oct 2007	AustLII	13
Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Reading	[2004] NSWCA 411	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	15 Nov 2004	AustLII	12
Nicholl v Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Ltd	(1990) 101 FLR 356		Australia	circa 1990	Legal Online / Westlaw	10
Callwood v Callwood	[1960] AC 659		United Kingdom	circa 1960	LexisNexis / Westlaw	10
Reid v Wright	[2012] NSWSC 1149	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	25 Sep 2012	AustLII	9
Hayward v Barratt	[2000] NSWSC 708	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	11 Jul 2000	AustLII	9
Arrowcrest Group Pty Ltd v Advertiser News Weekend Publishing Co Pty Ltd	(1993) 113 FLR 57		Australia	circa 1993	Legal Online / Westlaw	9
Ex parte Bartram	[1956] 1 All ER 563		United Kingdom	circa 1956	LexisNexis	9
LaTrinidad v Browne	[1887] WN 208		United Kingdom	circa 1887		9
National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd v Tolfield Pty Ltd (No 2)	[2011] FCA 1309	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	15 Nov 2011	AustLII	8
Australian Zircon NL v Austpac Resources NL	[2010] WASC 166; (2010) 243 FLR 423	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	1 Jul 2010	AustLII	8
Dawson v Baker	(1994) 123 FLR 194; (1994) 19 MVR 634; (1994) 120 ACTR 11		Australia	circa 1994	Legal Online / Westlaw	8
Rep v Clinch	[2021] ACAT 106	Australian Capital Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	3 Nov 2021	AustLII	6
O ’ Donnell v Nage Holdings Pty Ltd	[2013] VSC 115	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	19 Mar 2013	AustLII	6
Le Busque v ACP Publishing Pty Ltd	[2006] ACTSC 46	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	15 May 2006	AustLII	6
Taylor v Woolworths Ltd	[2012] VSC 286	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	27 Jun 2012	AustLII	5
Kok v Sheppard	[2009] NSWSC 1262	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	23 Nov 2009	AustLII	5
National Road and Motorists ’ Association Ltd v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd	[2002] ACTSC 9	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	6 Mar 2002	AustLII	5
O'Connor v Nationwide News Pty Ltd	(1995) 128 FLR 61		Australia	circa 1995	Legal Online / Westlaw	5
Mutch v BHP Billiton Ltd	[2015] VSC 253	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	5 Jun 2015	AustLII	4
R v GZ	[2012] ACTSC 183; (2012) 271 FLR 404; 229 A Crim R 1	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	12 Nov 2012	AustLII	4
VTS IT Pty Ltd v Russell	[2015] ACTSC 230	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	14 Aug 2015	AustLII	3
Chesterton v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd	[2010] NSWSC 47	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	9 Feb 2010	AustLII	3
R v Moroz & Mendelis	[2007] VSCA 30	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	7 Mar 2007	AustLII	3
Lubans v Scougall	[1965] ALR 119		Australia	circa 1965	LexisNexis AU	3
EBA v Commonwealth of Australia	[2021] ACTSC 186	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	18 Aug 2021	AustLII	2
Langton v Western Sydney Local Health District	[2017] ACTSC 352	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	23 Nov 2017	AustLII	2
Moromilov v Dragicevic	[2013] ACTSC 91	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	17 May 2013	AustLII	2
Kelly v Crosby	[2013] HCATrans 17	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	15 Feb 2013	AustLII	2
BHP Billiton Ltd v Stephens	[2011] NSWSC 675	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	6 Jul 2011	AustLII	2
Pugh v Morrison	[2011] ACTSC 44	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	circa 2011	AustLII	2
Bailey-Brown Southern New South Wales Local Health District	[2019] ACTSC 78	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	28 Mar 2019	AustLII	1
Practitioner D3 v Council of the Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory	[2018] ACTCA 47	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory - Court of Appeal	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	17 Oct 2018	AustLII	1
"Small Defamation Claims In Small Claims Jurisdictions: Worth Considering For The Sake Of Proportionality?"	(2018) 41 University of New South Wales Law Journal 1222	Gould, Kim	Australia	circa 2018	AustLII	1
Woolworths Ltd v Walker	[2012] NSWSC 914	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	9 Aug 2012	AustLII	1
Windschuttle v Acp Publishing Pty Ltd	[2002] ACTSC 64	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	12 Jul 2002	AustLII	1
Waterhouse v Herald & Weekly Times Ltd	[1997] A Def R 52-090		Australia	circa 1997		1
Saeedi v Pastrello	[2023] ACTSC 21	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	17 Feb 2023	AustLII
Yates v New South Wales	[2021] ACTSC 193	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	25 Aug 2021	AustLII
Khoury v Kirwan	[2020] VSC 466	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	30 Jul 2020	AustLII
"The NSW Government Discussion Paper on Defamation Law Reform Defamation and Media Law Conference, University of New South Wales, 20 March 2019" [2019] CommsLawB 1	(2019) 38 Communications Law Bulletin 1	Gibson, Judith	Australia	circa 2019	AustLII
Petterson v Amaca Pty Ltd	[2017] VSC 134	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	24 Mar 2017	AustLII
Tabbaa v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd	[2015] NSWDC 171	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	13 Aug 2015	AustLII

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