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Mar Meelis Zaia v Sargon Eshow [2017] NSWSC 1540 — Defamatory Meaning & Defences — Barrister AI

Mar Meelis Zaia v Sargon Eshow

[2017] NSWSC 1540

Supreme Court of NSW

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Catchwords

1. Defamation
2. › defamatory meaning
3. › Facebook posts
4. › whether imputations conveyed
1. Defamation
2. › defences
3. › statutory defence of honest opinion
4. › whether defamatory sense of matters complained of would be understood as opinion or fact
1. Defamation
2. › damages
3. › where plaintiff did not give evidence
4. › no entitlement to damages for hurt feelings or aggravated damages
5. › vindication
6. › where plaintiff a highly esteemed religious leader
7. › likelihood that defamatory statements would be dismissed as having no foundation

Case Details

Citation[2017] NSWSC 1540

CourtNSWSC

JurisdictionNew South Wales

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