Queensland Judgments
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Belbin v McLean & Anor
[2004] QCA 181 (04/0461) Brisb Williams JA Muir J Mullins J 28/05/2004
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Catchwords
DEFAMATION – PUBLICATION – GENERALLY – REPUBLICATION – where the plaintiff/appellant did not allege the republication of defamatory material as a separate cause of action but relied on it as a matter going only to the damages suffered as a result of the original publication – whether the original publisher can rely on a defence open to the republisher
DEFAMATION – PRIVILEGE – ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE – STATEMENTS MADE IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS – whether s 101(2) Criminal Justice Act 1989 (Qld) confers a defence of absolute privilege not only on a person who makes the relevant publication but also on the person who provided the published material to that publisher