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Talk-back caller’s claim does not get on: Casley v ABC [2013] VSC 251
Jon Faine is the talk-show host on ABC Radio in the morning in Melbourne. On 2 July 2010, he took a call from a self-described “well known and frequent caller to radio…
June 11, 2013 -
Electric car case against Top Gear written off: Tesla Motors Ltd v BBC [2012] EWHC 310 (QB)
On 14 December 2008, Top Gear broadcast a show that featured an electric car made by the Claimants, a Roadster. Its body was similar to a Lotus Elise, a petrol powered car…
March 20, 2012 -
Kung Fu Fighting – plaintiff not as fast as lightning: Jin-Song Han v Australian Kung Fu Federation Inc [2011] VSC 498
This was an application to strike out 3 claims for defamation on the basis that they were statute barred. Under the Defamation Act 2005 (Vic), a person has 1 year from the…
November 28, 2011 -
Morrissey show can go on: Morrissey v McNicholas & IPC Media Ltd [2011] EWHC 2738
Stephen Morrissey is an English singer and songwriter, known simply as “Morrissey”. In the 1980s, he was the lead singer of “The Smiths” and since 1989 has had a successful career as…
November 8, 2011
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