DEFAMATION - trial by judge alone - Defamation Act 2005 - publication of email - limited number of recipients - imputations pleaded related to plaintiff's competency to supervise trainee vascular surgeons' clinical work - natural and ordinary meaning - true innuendo - extrinsic facts - imputations not conveyed - verdict for defendant - plaintiff to pay defendant's costs
DEFAMATION - defences - contextual truth - s 26 Defamation Act 2005 - substantial truth - s 25 Defamation Act 2005 - qualified privilege at common law - statutory qualified privilege - s 30 Defamation Act 2005 - malice - defences of qualified privilege not defeated by malice - triviality - s 33 Defamation Act 2005
Case Details
Citation[2013] NSWSC 1001
CourtNSWSC
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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