Cheng v Pan; Cheng v Zhou

• 1. Defamation
  2. › Publication
  3. › Proof of publication
  4. › Circumstantial evidence
  5. › Series of anonymous letters
  6. › Inference that all letters published by same person
  7. › Whether appellant the publisher of any or all of the letters
  8. › Defamation Act 2005 (NSW)
• 1. Defamation
  2. › Remedies
  3. › Damages
  4. › General and aggravated damages
  5. › Whether assessment of damages excessive
  6. › Whether respondents entitled to aggravated damages
  7. › Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), ss 34, 35, 36
• 1. Costs
  2. › Party and party costs
  3. › Indemnity costs
  4. › Whether costs should be assessed on indemnity basis
  5. › Whether procedural fairness denied where liberty to apply granted but not exercised
  6. › Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), s 40
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Delay in delivery of judgment
  3. › Whether delay vitiates findings of fact
  4. › Whether appellate court should accord less deference to credit findings
  5. › Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 75A

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