Defamation - Six publications - Plaintiff identification - One corporate plaintiff - Excluded corporation - Strata manager - Entitlement to sue in defamation - Limited extent of publications - Innuendo meanings - True innuendo in alternative as to plaintiff identification - Defamatory character of alleged imputations
Qualified privilege defences at common law and under statute - Community of interest in recipients of publications - Reasonableness of communications by defendant to strata lot owners of managed resort premises - Assertions as to defendant's malice at time of publications - Mere ill will by itself not to be equated to malice sufficient to deny qualified privilege
Case Details
Citation[2017] WASC 157
CourtWASC
JurisdictionWestern Australia
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