(High Court of Australia) More than one person can be identified in a defamatory piece.
In determining the meaning in fact conveyed by the publication, the intention of the publisher is irrelevant, and it does not matter not whether the publisher of the defamatory material intended injury to reputation or acted with reasonable care.
Judges:
Starke, Dixon, Evatt and McTiernan JJ
Citations:
(1934) 51 CLR 276, [1934] HCA 60, [1935] ALR 51
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Jurisdiction:
Australia
Cited by:
Cited – Berezovsky v Forbes Inc and Michaels; Glouchkov v Same HL 16-May-2000
Plaintiffs who lived in Russia sought damages for defamation against an American magazine with a small distribution in England. Both plaintiffs had real connections with and reputations in England. A judgment in Russia would do nothing to repair the . .
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Defamation
Updated: 07 December 2022; Ref: scu.268054
