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- Title
- Defamatory comment on the judiciary : Lange qualified privilege in Popovic v Herald & Weekly Times
- Related
- Media and arts law review, Vol. 7, Issue 3, p.213-221
- Publisher
- LexisNexis Butterworths
- Date
- 2002
- Author/Creator
- Baker, Roy
- Description
- In Popovic v Herald & Weekly Times the Supreme Court of Victoria, in awarding a magistrate defamed in the course of her duties almost $250,000, took the view that Lange qualified privilege will not generally apply to discussion of the judiciary. This article argues that Australia's constitutional protection for expression relating to politics and government should be extended to criticism of the judiciary, just as it is to criticism of other sections of government. What is more, statements of opinion should be distinguished from those of fact when it comes to applying the Lange test of reasonableness, particularly as regards the requirement that a response be sought and published. A defendant should not necessarily fail the reasonableness test due to lack of care as to how a publication might be interpreted.
- Description
- 9 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- 180126 Tort Law
- Subject Keyword
- 180114 Human Rights Law
- Subject Keyword
- 180104 Civil Law and Procedure
- Subject Keyword
- defamation
- Subject Keyword
- free speech
- Subject Keyword
- political expression
- Subject Keyword
- Australian constitutional law
- Subject Keyword
- media law
- Subject Keyword
- journalists and the law
- Subject Keyword
- journalism and the law
- Subject Keyword
- defence of Lange privilege
- Subject Keyword
- defence of comment
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Department of Law
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/36918
- Identifier
- mq:5255
- Identifier
- ISSN:1325-1570
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2006004897
- Language
- eng
- Reviewed
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