GRIFFITH & ORS v AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION & ANOR [2003] NSWSC 484

Imputation 25(c) is capable of being carried and capable of being defamatory, and does not contravene the rules requiring difference in substance; it will go to the jury.

Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 27 May 2003
Procedural Posture: Defamation / Preliminary Determination of Capacity of Imputation
Outcome: Imputation 25(c) is capable of being carried and capable of being defamatory.
Legal Topics: ['imputation' 'capacity' 'difference in Substance']

['defamation'] ['imputation' 'capacity' 'difference in Substance']

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Procedural Posture

Defamation / Preliminary Determination of Capacity of Imputation

Legal Issues

1 ['Is imputation 25(c) capable of being carried and capable of being defamatory?' 'Does imputation 25(c) differ in substance from imputations 25(a) and 25(b)?']

Ratio Decidendi

Imputation 25(c) is capable of being carried and capable of being defamatory, and does not contravene the rules requiring difference in substance; it will go to the jury.

Court Disposition

Imputation 25(c) is capable of being carried and capable of being defamatory.

Orders

['The imputation will go to the jury.']