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Federal Court Defamation Table
Federal Court Defamation Table
Settlement? respondent?
Bingle v Emap NSW Discontinued Yes
Dale & Ors v Veda Information
Services NSW Dismissed Costs (R) No
Summarily
Simundic v University of Newcastle NSW dismissed Costs (R) No
Injunction (by
Metcash Trading v Bunn SA Settled consent) No
Bahonko v Sterjov & Ors Victoria Applicant win $50 No
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Summarily
dismissed,
transferred to
Finch v The Heat Group Victoria FCC No
2013
2014
Hockey v Fairfax Media NSW Applicant win $200,000 Yes
Thunder Studios & David v Kazal &
Kazal NSW Ongoing Yes (interested party)
Rana v Google Inc SA Ongoing No
Nyoni v Pharmacy Board of
Australia & Ors WA Dismissed Costs (R) No
2015
2016
Adeang v ABC NSW Settled Yes
Gregg v Fairfax Media NSW Ongoing Yes
O'Sullivan v Melbourne University
Publishing NSW Settled Yes
Furnari v Ziegert & Summerauer Victoria Settled No
Wing v Fairfax Media NSW Applicant win $280,000 Yes
Wing v Nationwide News NSW Settled $65,0000 Yes
Kodari v Fairfax Media NSW Settled Apology Yes
2017
Murphy v Nationwide News NSW Settled Yes
Bushell v Fairfax Media NSW Settled Yes
Goodfellow v Fairfax Media NSW Settled Yes
Hayson v Nationwide News NSW Settled Yes
Hayson v The Age NSW Ongoing Yes
Alsuleiman v Nationwide News NSW Settled Yes
Wing v ABC & Fairfax Media NSW Ongoing Yes
Marson v Fairfax Media NSW Settled Yes
Szatow v Channel Nine NSW Settled Yes
Baptie v Harbour Radio NSW Settled Apology Yes
Summarily
Sarina v Fairfax Media NSW dismissed Costs (R) Yes
Summarily
Triguboff v Fairfax Media NSW dismissed Costs (R) Yes
Coates v Fairfax Media NSW Settled Yes
Casey v Harbour Radio NSW Settled Yes
John Gill v Harper Collins NSW Ongoing Yes
John Herron v Harper Collins NSW Ongoing Yes
Bellino v Queensland Newspapers NSW Dismissed Costs (R) Yes
Huang Xiangmo v The Herald &
Weekly Times NSW Settled Apology Yes
Gould v Jordan NSW Ongoing No
Casella v Allen & Unwin NSW Discontinued Yes
Faruqi v Latham NSW Applicant win $100,000 No
Forrest v Thomson Reuters NSW Settled Apology Yes
Rush v Nationwide News NSW Applicant win $2.87 million Yes
Tate v The ABC & Young Queensland Ongoing Yes
2018
Savage v Nationwide News NSW Settled Yes
John Bridgeman Ltd & Ors v
Dreamscape Networks Queensland Applicant win No
Waterhouse v Fairfax Media NSW Settled Yes
Mooney v Fairfax Media NSW Settled Yes
Lee v Nationwide News NSW Discontinued Yes
Forrest v Nationwide News NSW Settled Yes
Tim Roberts v Fairfax Media NSW Settled Yes
Lyons-Buckett v Harbour Radio NSW Settled Yes
Money v Nationwide News NSW Discontinued Yes
Young v Fairfax Media & Penguin
Random House NSW Discontinued Yes
Bell v Nationwide News NSW Settled Yes
Summarily
Oskouie v Fairfax Media NSW dismissed Costs (R) Yes
Domican v Ibrahim & Pan
Macmillan NSW Settled Yes
2019
Boyd v Automattic Inc Tasmania Discontinued No
Transferred
Shields v Williams Queensland to QSC No
Hartcher v Fairfax Media NSW Settled Yes
Davies v BuzzFeed NSW Settled Apology Yes
Higgs v Miners NSW Discontinued No
Mununggurr & Ors v Seven West
Media NSW Ongoing Yes
McConachy & Ors v Seven
Network NSW Discontinued Yes
Wang v Fairfax Media NSW Settled Apology Yes
Nizamdeen v Latham NSW Settled Apology No
Branch v Papyrus Australia Tasmania Ongoing No
Nettle v Cruse NSW Ongoing No
Hannaford v Pacific Magazine &
Google Australia NSW Discontinued Yes
Gerathy v The Age Victoria Discontinued Unknown Yes
Colagrande v Online Forums
Australia t/a Cosmetic Journey Victoria Ongoing No
The Venerable Dr Carlsson v The
Right Reverend Ford & Ords SA Ongoing No
Sarikaya v Fairfax Media NSW Discontinued Yes
Badalati v Fairfax Media NSW Settled Apology Yes
Lebanese Moslem Association v
Nationwide News NSW Discontinued Yes
Shane Pettiona v Nationwide News NSW Ongoing Yes
Darren Pettiona v Nationwide News NSW Consolidated Yes
Nassif v Seven Network NSW Ongoing Yes
Nahas v TCN Channel Nine & Nine
Network NSW Ongoing Yes
Reid v Nine Network & Others NSW Ongoing Yes
Gillham v Google LLC Queensland Ongoing No
Lang v Nationwide News NSW Ongoing Yes
Taylor v Nationwide News NSW Ongoing Yes
Deborah Wilson t/a Pelican Cafe
Takeaway v Paule & Nine Digital NSW Ongoing Yes
Atlas Advisors & Hedley v
Australian Financial News NSW Ongoing Yes
Lang v Smith NSW Ongoing No
Joukhador v Network Ten NSW Ongoing Yes
Kalus v Google LLC NSW Ongoing No
Amirbeaggi v Fairfax Media NSW Ongoing Yes
Hafertepen v Network Ten NSW Ongoing Yes
Dillon v Macquarie Media NSW Ongoing Yes