Tag: Online Defamation

Paddling in the backwater: Australian courts and online defamation – Dr Matt Collins QC

November 27, 2015 / INFORRM / 0 Comments

When, in 1932, a Full Court of the Victorian Supreme Court considered, for the first time, how the rules of defamation law might apply to that new-fangled technology, the radio, one of the judges bemoaned that: Continue reading

Case Law, Australia: Vakras v Cripps, Artists’ appeal upheld, record verdict set aside and re-trial ordered – Justin Castelan

August 9, 2015 / INFORRM / 0 Comments

In 2014, a gallery owner, Raymond Cripps was awarded a record $420,000 defamation verdict in the Victorian Supreme Court. The verdict was made by His Honour Justice Kyrou against two surrealist artists, Demetrios Vakras and Lee-Anne Raymond. Continue reading

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Tag: Online Defamation

Paddling in the backwater: Australian courts and online defamation – Dr Matt Collins QC

Case Law, Australia: Vakras v Cripps, Artists’ appeal upheld, record verdict set aside and re-trial ordered – Justin Castelan

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