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Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld

Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld

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AGLC: Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld [2001] VSC 312
Case: [2001] VSC 312
Decision Date: 30 August 2001

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Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld [2001] VSC 312

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Tropeano v Lauro [2010] SADC 113

Cases Citing This Decision

Barrack v Wilson [2020] NSWDC 789
Citation 1 (Para 57)

…onduct after publication of the matter complained of had earlier been the subject of some controversy: see Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld [2001] VSC 312; Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd v Mahommed (2010) 278 ALR 232; and Crosby v Kelly [2013] FCA 1343.…
Jones v Aussie Networks Pty Ltd [2018] QSC 219
Citation 2 (Para 12)

…Pty Limited v LG Electronics Australia Pty Limited (2015) 113 IPR 11, 64 at [305] and 65 [308] and Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld [2001] VSC 312 at [232]-[237]. [36] [2001] VSC 312 at [236]-[237].…
Ashworth aka Otto v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 008 685 407); Otto (aka Ashworth) v Gold Coast Publications Pty Limited; Otto v Dailymail.com Australia Pty Ltd [2018] NSWDC 13
Citation 3 (Para 17)

…g from conduct after publication of the matter complained of has been the subject of some controversy: see Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld [2001] VSC 312; Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd v Mahommed (2010) 278 ALR 232; and Crosby v Kelly [2013] FCA 1343. While the law in this area may not be settled ( Chas…
Giani v Queensland Television Ltd [2015] QDC 286
Citation 4 (Para 10)

…ce of relevant post-publication convictions is admissible in mitigation of damages.[26] In this regard, in Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld [2001] VSC 312 at [338]-[342], Gillard J said: “338In my opinion, to exclude evidence of relevant convictions, which affect the reputation of the plaintiff, prior t…
Allen v Lloyd-Jones (No 6) [2014] NSWDC 40
Citation 5 (Para 1)

…ication, evidence of the truth of the defamatory statement is not admissible in order to mitigate damages: Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld [2001] VSC 312 at [273] per Gillard J. However, where evidence introduced in support of justification partially justifies one or more of the imputations pleaded, th…
Gacic v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 1920
Citation 6 (Para 1)

…In relation to the judgment in Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld [2001] VSC 312 (Gillard J) (a case of a plaintiff's post-publication convictions on criminal charges that could be taken into account in mitigation of damage) their Honours in Marsden examined the reasoning in that case and whether it provi…
Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd v Mahommed [2010] NSWCA 335
Citation 7

…Ltd (1995) Aust Torts Reports 81-361 Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld [2001] VSC 312 Mirror Newspapers Ltd v Fitzpatrick [1984] 1 NSWLR 643 Moit v Bristow [2005] NSWCA 322 Morosi v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1977] 2 NSWLR 749 Myer Stores Ltd v Soo [1991] 2 VR 597 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v El-Azzi [2004] NSW…
Habib v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 924
Citation 8

…81 Jamoo v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 126 Jarratt v Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 739 Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Somevald [2001] VSC 312 Mirror Newspapers Ltd v Harrison (1982) 149 CLR 293 O’Hagan v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (2001) 53 NSWLR 89; [2001] NSWCA 302 Pamplin v Express Newspape…
Nationwide News Pty Ltd v El-Azzi [2004] NSWCA 382
Citation 9

…v John Fairfax and Sons Limited [1972] 1 NSWLR 16 Television New Zealand Limited v Quinn (1996) 3 NZLR 24 Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld [2001] VSC 312 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v McBride (2001) 53 NSWLR 430 Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden [2002] NSWCA 419 John Fairfax v K…
EL-AZZI v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 1055
Citation 10

…Limited v Marsden (2002) NSWCA 419 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v McBride (2001) 53 NSWLR 430 Burstein v Times Newspapers Ltd [2001] 1 WLR 579 Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld (2001) VSC 312 O'Hagan v Nationwide News Pty Limited (2001) 53 NSWLR 89 Rochfort v John Fairfax and Sons Ltd (1972) 1 NSWLR 16 Television New Zealand v Quin…
Anderson v Ah Kit [2004] WASC 194
Citation 11 (Para 15)

…ation of damages and I was referred to Jones v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 1211 and Middendorp Electrical Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld [2001] VSC 312. It was submitted, first, that in light of the decision in Rochfort v John Fairfax & Sons ( supra ) those cases should not be followed and, secondly, t…
Alan Jones v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 1211
Citation 12

…ces Pty Ltd, Levine J, 4 May 1998 BC9801908 McBride v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2000] NSWSC 747 Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld [2001] VSC 312 NRMA Insurance Ltd v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd (1989) A Def R 50-055 TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd v Antoniadis (1998) 4 NSWLR 682 Waterhous…
Australian Broadcasting Corporation v McBride [2001] NSWCA 322
Citation 13

…371 Pamplin v Express Newspapers Ltd [1988] 1 WLR 116 Television New Zealand Ltd v Quinn [1996] 3 NZLR 24 Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld [2001] VSC 312 Plato Films Limited v Speidel (1961) 2 AC 1090 Associated Newspapers Limited v Dingle (1964) AC 371 Speidel v Plato Films Ltd [1961] AC 1090 Jorgense…
Tropeano v Lauro [2010] SADC 113
Citation 14 (Para 4)

…s of income, nor whether the plaintiff had nonetheless consulted with the same number of clients.[82] [82] Middendorp Electric Co Pty Ltd v Sonneveld [2001] VSC 312 at [240]…

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Carson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1993] HCA 31
Citation 1 (Para 1)

…Finally, the learned author referred to the High Court case of Carson v John Fairfax & Sons (1993) 178 CLR 44.…
Reader's Digest Services Pty Ltd v Lamb [1982] HCA 4
Citation 2

…f the words used (the imputation) and the defamatory character of the imputation." – per Brennan J in Reader's Digest Services Pty Ltd v Lamb (1982) 150 CLR 500 at 505-6.…
Sungravure Pty Ltd v Middle East Airlines Airliban SAL [1975] HCA 6
Citation 3 (Para 1)

…Also see Royal Baking Powder Company v Wright (1900) 18 Rep Pat Cas at 104 per Lord Halsbury LC, and also Sungravure Pty Ltd v Middle East Airlines (1975) 134 CLR 1 at 13-14.…
Bell v Stewart [1920] HCA 68
Citation 4 (Para 1)

…How does one determine whether there is a moral or social duty? In Stewart v Bell (1891) 2 QB 341, Lindley LJ at p.350 supplied the answer, and his dicta has been quoted often and always with approval. His Lordship said –…
Howe & McColough v Lees [1910] HCA 67
Citation 5 (Para 1)

…The nature of a duty which springs out of a moral obligation was discussed by the High Court in Howe v Lees (1910) 11 CLR 361, where Griffith CJ at p.368 said –…
Macintosh v Dun [1908] UKPCHCA 3
Citation 6 (Para 1)

…The law on privilege applicable to the present case was stated by the Privy Council in Macintosh v Dun (1908) AC 390 at 398, where the Judicial Committee said –…

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