Wing v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd

ALLSOP CJ THE ISSUES 30       Defence of qualified privilege for provision of certain information THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE 39Civil trials to be without jury 21Election for defamation proceedings to be tried by jury THE RESPONDENTS’ APPLICATION CONCLUSION The nature of the discretion to order a trial by jury The proposition that all litigants are entitled to have a judge They are taken to share a moral or social standard by which to judge the defamatory character of that imputation This application Conclusion