Wellington v Metcalf 5

[2022] VCC 1759

County Court of Victoria

Australia - Victoria

21st November, 2022

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name †	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index
Courtney v Maguire: Maguire v Courtney	[2023] VCC 2280	County Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	18 Dec 2023	AustLII	1
Iskander v Barcos	[2023] VCC 2074	County Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	15 Nov 2023	AustLII	2
Metcalf v Wellington	[2024] VSCA 147	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	26 Jun 2024	AustLII	2
Metcalf v Wellington (No 2)	[2024] VSCA 202	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	13 Sep 2024	AustLII
Wellington v Metcalf	[2024] VSC 454	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	2 Aug 2024	AustLII

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Constitution
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth)
Defamation Act 2005 (NSW)	s4, s25, s30, s34
Defamation Act 2005 (Vic)
Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2011 (Vic)	s4
Local Government Act 1989 (Vic)
VCAT Act (Vic)

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name †	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index
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Armstrong v McIntosh (No 4)	[2020] WASC 31	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	21 May 2020	AustLII	9
Austin v Mirror Newspapers Ltd	[1986] AC 299		United Kingdom	circa 1986	LexisNexis / Westlaw	37
Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Obeid	[2006] NSWCA 231; (2006) 66 NSWLR 605	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	21 Aug 2006	AustLII	21
Barbaro v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd	(1985) 1 NSWLR 30; [1985] Aust Torts Reports 80-698		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1985	LexisNexis AU	102
Bashford v Information Australia (Newsletters) Pty Ltd	[2004] HCA 5; (2004) 218 CLR 366; 204 ALR 193; 78 ALJR 346; [2004] Aust Torts Reports 81-727	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 2004	AustLII	196
Bazzi v Dutton	[2022] FCAFC 84; (2022) 289 FCR 1; 402 ALR 219	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	17 May 2022	AustLII	29
Belbin v Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Corporation	[2012] VSC 535	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	9 Nov 2012	AustLII	51
Briginshaw v Briginshaw	[1938] HCA 34; (1938) 60 CLR 336; [1938] ALR 334; 12 ALJR 100	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	14 Oct 1982	AustLII	10253
Brose v Baluskas (No 6)	[2020] QDC 15	District Court of Queensland	Australia - Queensland	28 Feb 2020	AustLII	10
Brose v Baluskas (No 6)	[2020] QDC 015	District Court of Queensland	Australia - Queensland	circa 2020	AustLII	2
Cables v Winchester	[2018] VSC 392	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	20 Jul 2018	AustLII	9
Carson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd	(1993) 178 CLR 4		Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1993	Legal Online / Westlaw	2
Carson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd	[1993] HCA 31; (1993) 178 CLR 44; (1993) 113 ALR 577; (1993) 67 ALJR 634; [1993] Aust Torts Reports 81-227	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	16 Jun 1993	AustLII	497
Cassell & Co Ltd v Broome	[1972] UKHL 3; [1972] AC 1027; [1972] 1 All ER 801; [1972] 2 WLR 645	House of Lords	United Kingdom	23 Feb 1972	BAILII	968
Cerutti v Crestside Pty Ltd	[2014] QCA 33	Supreme Court of Queensland - Court of Appeal	Australia - Queensland	28 Feb 2014	AustLII	51
Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspapers Ltd	[1998] HCA 37; 93 CLR 519	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1998	AustLII	346
Chase v News Group Newspapers Ltd	[2002] EWCA Civ 1772; [2003] EMLR 11; [2002] All ER (D) 20	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	3 Dec 2002	BAILII	170
Chau v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd	[2019] FCA 185	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	22 Feb 2019	AustLII	35
Chetwynd v Armidale Dumaresq Council	[2010] NSWSC 690	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	2 Jul 2010	AustLII	5
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Dutton v Bazzi	[2021] FCA 1474; [2021] Aust Torts Reports 82-713	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	24 Nov 2021	AustLII	11
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