Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation: 8 Jul 1997

(High Court of Australia) The court propounded a test of reasonableness of conduct in respect of the publication of political information. Generally publication will not be reasonable unless the maker of the statement had reasonable grounds for believing the defamatory imputation was true.

Judges:

DAWSON, TOOHEY, GAUDRON, McHUGH, GUMMOW AND KIRBY JJ

Citations:

(1997) 189 CLR 520

Links:

Austlii

Jurisdiction:

Australia

Cited by:

CitedPanday v Gordon PC 5-Oct-2005
(Trinidad and Tobago) A senior politician had accused an opponent of pseudo-racism. The defendant asserted that he had a defence under the constitution, allowing freedom of political speech.
Held: The appeal failed. The statements were . .
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Defamation

Updated: 06 December 2022; Ref: scu.230972