(New South Wales) An article in a Greek language newspaper alleged that a group of people had exploited people seeking permanent residence in Australia. No offender was named, but the article recommended readers watch an episode of an upcoming television programme. The plaintiff was named in the programme as a person who had taken money from foreign visitors.
Held: An unnamed subject can in principle be identified by reference to information imparted by either prior or subsequent publications
Judges:
Hunt J
Citations:
(1986) 6 NSWLR 85
Jurisdiction:
Australia
Cited by:
Cited – Simon and Others v Lyder and Another PC 29-Jul-2019
(Trinidad and Tobago) The Board was asked as to the well-known conundrum in the common law of defamation, namely the extent to which (if at all) two or more different statements made upon different occasions by the same defendant may be aggregated . .
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Defamation
Updated: 30 April 2022; Ref: scu.676324