Ozgirl Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Elaine Stead awarded $280k for defamation by Australian Financial Review columnist Joe Astonhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-27/nsw-elaine-stead-awarded-defamation-payout-from-fin-review/13095672 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Cat Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qak Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 In summary, per the Guardian:“What occurred at Blue Sky was a legitimate (indeed, one might think important) matter of public interest – particularly for a newspaper like the AFR,” Lee said.“However, given the offensive way that Mr Aston expressed himself, it appears Dr Stead felt she had no choice but to resort to the blunt instrument of defamation litigation, which, despite the best efforts of the court, was unable to be resolved consensually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucrezia Borgia Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 it’s a good decision - it’s what we always tell our internal clients - if you want to rely on the defence of honest opinion, get your underlying facts right. you may well say Person X is a horrible person for sending an abusive text message. that’s fair comment, honest opinion - but did they in fact send that message? always gets your underlying facts right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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