Whittington v Newman

• 1. Defamation
  2. › Serious harm element
  3. › Whether serious harm to reputation may be established by inference
  4. › Whether evidence of actual impact required in every case
  5. › Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), s 10A
• 1. Defamation
  2. › Concerns notice
  3. › Amendment of extant proceedings to add new matters
  4. › Whether s 12B applies to amendment of pending proceedings
  5. › Whether concerns notice served after draft pleading satisfies s 12B
  6. › Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), s 12B
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Leave to appeal
  3. › Interlocutory decisions
  4. › Whether issue of principle, question of general public importance, or reasonably clear injustice
  5. › Amendment of pleadings
  6. › Particulars of internet publication
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Procedural fairness
  3. › Denial of procedural fairness on interlocutory appeal
  4. › Whether denial material where appellate court can re-exercise discretion

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