Cush v Dillon; Boland v Dillon 72

[2011] HCA 30; (2011) 243 CLR 298; (2011) 279 ALR 631; (2011) 85 ALJR 865

High Court of Australia

Australia - Commonwealth

10th August, 2011

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text	Citation Index
Howe v Zuchowski	[2024] VSCA 56	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	4 Apr 2024	AustLII	4
Bill Karageozis as trustee for the bankrupt estate of Siobhan Lamb v Sherman	[2023] QCA 258	Supreme Court of Queensland - Court of Appeal	Australia - Queensland	15 Dec 2023	AustLII	4
Eppinga v Kalil	[2023] NSWCA 287	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	1 Dec 2023	AustLII	2
GRC Project Pty Ltd trading as GRC Property Management v Lai	[2023] NSWDC 63	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	23 Mar 2023	AustLII	1
Zimmerman v Perkiss (No 3)	[2022] NSWDC 635	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	15 Dec 2022	AustLII
Burston v Hanson	[2022] FCA 1235	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	19 Oct 2022	AustLII	3
Rader v Haines	[2022] NSWCA 198	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	5 Oct 2022	AustLII	27
Kelly v University of New South Wales	[2022] NSWDC 392	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	2 Sep 2022	AustLII	1
Kelly v Davis	[2022] NSWDC 352	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	18 Aug 2022	AustLII	1
Palmer v McGowan (No 5)	[2022] FCA 893; (2022) 404 ALR 621	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	2 Aug 2022	AustLII	18
Checkout Pty Ltd v Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd; Morrow v Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd (No 13)	[2022] NSWSC 444	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	13 Apr 2022	AustLII	4
De Kauwe v Cohen (No 4)	[2022] WASC 35	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	16 Feb 2022	AustLII	8
R v Wu	[2021] NSWDC 534	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	30 Sep 2021	AustLII	1
Gough v Squillacioti	[2021] NSWDC 411	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	20 Aug 2021	AustLII	1
Peterson v Simopoulos	[2021] VCC 1080	County Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	13 Aug 2021	AustLII	2
Wraydeh v Fairfax Media Publication Pty Ltd; Wraydeh v Nationwide News Pty Ltd	[2021] NSWCA 153; (2021) 105 NSWLR 254	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	21 Jul 2021	AustLII	7
Schlaepfer v Australian Securities & Investments Commission	[2021] NSWCA 129	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	30 Jun 2021	AustLII	2
Price Beat Travel v Ariya	[2020] NSWDC 657	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	2 Nov 2020	AustLII	1
Stoltenberg v Bolton; Loder v Bolton	[2020] NSWCA 45; (2020) 380 ALR 145	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	20 Mar 2020	AustLII	38
Haig v Bowden	[2020] NSWCA 28; (2020) 101 NSWLR 729	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	3 Mar 2020	AustLII	23
Massarani v Kriz	[2020] NSWDC 26	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	26 Feb 2020	AustLII	2
Schlaepfer v ASIC	[2019] NSWSC 1644	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	26 Nov 2019	AustLII	2
Murray v Raynor	[2019] NSWCA 274	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	13 Nov 2019	AustLII	18
Kalsbeek v Max Solutions Pty Ltd	[2018] WADC 183	District Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	21 Dec 2018	AustLII	2
Burke v Shiells	[2018] VCC 1645	County Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	15 Oct 2018	AustLII	1
Moroney v Zegers	[2018] VSC 446	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	16 Aug 2018	AustLII	6
Feldman v Polaris Media Pty Ltd as trustee of The Polaris Media Trust trading as The Australian Jewish News (No 2)	[2018] NSWSC 1035; [2018] Aust Torts Reports 82-395	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	23 Jul 2018	AustLII	19
Homsi v Pasquale (No 2)	[2018] NSWDC 276	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	29 Jun 2018	AustLII	1
Khalil v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (No 2)	[2018] NSWDC 126	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	17 May 2018	AustLII	7
Rayney v Western Australia (No 9)	[2017] WASC 367	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	15 Dec 2017	AustLII	31
Imielska v Morgan	[2017] NSWDC 329	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	22 Nov 2017	AustLII	2
Stokes v Ragless	[2017] SASC 159	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	10 Nov 2017	AustLII	4
Google Inc v Duffy	[2017] SASCFC 130	Supreme Court of South Australia - Full Court	Australia - South Australia	4 Oct 2017	AustLII	17
Chow v Un	[2017] NSWDC 254	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	15 Sep 2017	AustLII	3
Wilson v Bauer Media Pty Ltd	[2017] VSC 521	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	13 Sep 2017	AustLII	71
Accommodation West Pty Ltd v Aikman	[2017] WASC 157	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	12 Jun 2017	AustLII	5
Lesses v Maras	[2017] SASCFC 48	Supreme Court of South Australia - Full Court	Australia - South Australia	15 May 2017	AustLII	10
Stone v Moore	[2016] SASCFC 50	Supreme Court of South Australia - Full Court	Australia - South Australia	11 May 2016	AustLII	5
Maras v Lesses	[2016] SADC 40	District Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	21 Apr 2016	AustLII	3
Alawadi v Widad Kamel Farhan trading as The Australian Arabic Panorama Newspaper (No 2)	[2016] NSWDC 37	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	3 Mar 2016	AustLII	1
Madafferi v Age Co Ltd	[2015] VSC 687; (2015) 50 VR 492	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	9 Dec 2015	AustLII	11
Duffy v Google Inc	[2015] SASC 170; (2015) 125 SASR 437	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	27 Oct 2015	AustLII	47
Boland v Dillon; Cush v Dillon	[2015] NSWCA 183	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	2 Jul 2015	AustLII	9
Hockey v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd	[2015] FCA 652; (2015) 237 FCR 33; (2015) 332 ALR 257	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	30 Jun 2015	AustLII	119
Barrow v Bolt	[2015] VSCA 107; [2015] Aust Torts Reports 82-248	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	21 May 2015	AustLII	30
Sands v South Australia	[2015] SASCFC 36	Supreme Court of South Australia - Full Court	Australia - South Australia	31 Mar 2015	AustLII	17
Phillips v Robab Pty Ltd	[2014] NSWSC 1520; (2014) 110 IPR 184	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	4 Nov 2014	AustLII	15
Ghosh v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd; Ghosh v Ninemsn Pty Ltd (No 4)	[2014] NSWDC 151	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	17 Sep 2014	AustLII	8
Bodenstein v Hope Street Urban Compassion	[2014] NSWDC 126	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	12 Aug 2014	AustLII	2
Madden v Seafolly Pty Ltd	[2014] FCAFC 30; (2014) 313 ALR 1	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	24 Mar 2014	AustLII	25
Prince v Malouf	[2014] NSWCA 12	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	12 Feb 2014	AustLII	12
Tradesman Technologies Pty Ltd v Ameduri [No 2]	[2013] WASCA 252	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	29 Oct 2013	AustLII	5
Sleeman v Tuloch Pty Ltd Tas Palms	[2013] NSWDC 92	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	19 Jun 2013	AustLII	1
Enders v Erbas & Associates Pty Ltd (No 2)	[2013] NSWDC 44	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	19 Apr 2013	AustLII	2
Sands v South Australia	[2013] SASC 44	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	5 Apr 2013	AustLII	13
Bushara v Nobananas Pty Ltd	[2013] NSWSC 225	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	22 Mar 2013	AustLII	2
Marshall v Megna	[2013] NSWCA 30	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	25 Feb 2013	AustLII	31
Papaconstuntinos v Holmes a Court	[2012] HCA 53; (2012) 249 CLR 534; (2012) 293 ALR 215; (2012) 87 ALJR 110	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	5 Dec 2012	AustLII	50
Harbour Radio Pty Ltd v Trad	[2012] HCA 44; (2012) 247 CLR 31; (2012) 292 ALR 192; (2012) 86 ALJR 1256	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	5 Oct 2012	AustLII	53
Lloyd-Jones v Allen	[2012] NSWCA 230	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	1 Aug 2012	AustLII	9
Daily Examiner Pty Ltd v Mundine	[2012] NSWCA 195	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	28 Jun 2012	AustLII	16
Papaconstuntinos v Holmes a Court	[2012] HCATrans 103	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	10 May 2012	AustLII
Harbour Radio Pty Ltd v Trad	[2012] HCATrans 9	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	3 Feb 2012	AustLII
Korean Times Pty Ltd v Un Dok Pak	[2011] NSWCA 365	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	30 Nov 2011	AustLII	7
LVMH Watch & Jewellery Australia Pty Ltd v Lassanah	[2011] NSWCA 370	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	28 Nov 2011	AustLII	16
Szanto v Melville	[2011] VSC 574	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	15 Nov 2011	AustLII	29
Cantwell v Sinclair	[2011] NSWSC 1244	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	25 Oct 2011	AustLII	6
Sands v South Australia	[2011] SASC 146	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	16 Sep 2011	AustLII	5
Wookey v Quigley [No 3]	[2011] WASC 227	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	1 Sep 2011	AustLII	1

Law Journal Articles Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title	Citation(s)	Author	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text	Citation Index
"The NSW Government Discussion Paper on Defamation Law Reform Defamation and Media Law Conference, University of New South Wales, 20 March 2019" [2019] CommsLawB 1	(2019) 38 Communications Law Bulletin 1	Gibson, Judith	Australia	circa 2019	AustLII
"Triviality, Proportionality and the Minimum Threshold of Seriousness in Defamation Law" [2019] USydLRS 1	(2019) 23 (3) Media & Arts Law Review 280	Rolph, David	Australia	circa 2019	AustLII	1
"High Court judgments: April- May 2011"	[2011] BalJlNTLawSoc 70	Editors	Australia	circa 2011	AustLII

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)	s52
Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003 (NSW)
Defamation Act 1974 (NSW)	s4, s8, s9, s14, s7A, s8, s11, s22

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text	Citation Index
Holmes a Court v Papaconstuntinos	[2011] NSWCA 59; [2011] Aust Torts Reports 82-081	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	21 Mar 2011	AustLII	16
Aktas v Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd	[2010] HCA 25; (2010) 241 CLR 79; (2010) 268 ALR 409; (2010) 84 ALJR 551; [2010] Aust Torts Reports 62-066	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	4 Aug 2010	AustLII	65
Dillon v Cush; Dillon v Boland	[2010] NSWCA 165	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	15 Jul 2010	AustLII	10
Cush v Dillon and Boland v Dillon	[2009] NSWDC 21	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	25 Feb 2009	AustLII	9
John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Gacic	[2007] HCA 28; (2007) 230 CLR 291; (2007) 235 ALR 402; [2007] Aust Torts Reports 81-894; (2007) 81 ALJR 1218	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	14 Jun 2007	AustLII	72
Bashford v Information Australia (Newsletters) Pty Ltd	[2004] HCA 5; (2004) 218 CLR 366; 204 ALR 193; 78 ALJR 346; [2004] Aust Torts Reports 81-727	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 2004	AustLII	197
Roberts v Bass	[2002] HCA 57; (2002) 212 CLR 1; (2003) 194 ALR 161; (2002) 77 ALJR 292; [2003] Aust Torts Reports 81-683	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	12 Dec 2002	AustLII	346
Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation	[1997] HCA 25; (1997) 189 CLR 520; (1997) 8 FLR 216; (1997) 145 ALR 96; (1997) 71 ALJR 818; [1997] Aust Torts Reports 81-434; 2 BHRC 513; (1997) 2 CHRLD 231; (1997) 10 Leg Rep 2	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	8 Jul 1997	AustLII	1228
Horrocks v Lowe	[1975] AC 135; [1974] 1 All ER 662; [1974] 2 WLR 282		United Kingdom	circa 1975	LexisNexis / Westlaw	474
Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd	[1963] 1 QB 340; [1964] AC 234; [1963] 2 All ER 151; [1963] 2 WLR 1063		United Kingdom	circa 1963	LexisNexis / Westlaw	855
Guise v Kouvelis	[1947] HCA 13; (1947) 74 CLR 102	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	8 May 1947	AustLII	107
Andreyevich v Kosovich	[1947] NSWStRp 2; (1947) 47 SR (NSW) 357; 64 WN (NSW) 46	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	24 Feb 1947	AustLII	49
Thomas v Moore	[1918] 1 KB 555		United Kingdom	circa 1918	LexisNexis / Westlaw	11
Adam v Ward	[1917] AC 309; [1916-17] All ER 157; 86 LJKB 849		United Kingdom	circa 1917	LexisNexis / Westlaw	456
Nevill v Fine Arts and General Insurance Co Ltd	[1895] UKLawRpKQB 61; (1895) 2 QB 156		United Kingdom	6 Apr 1895	CommonLII	27
(1877) 3 QB 237	(1877) 3 QB 237		United Kingdom	circa 1877	LexisNexis / Westlaw	1
Dickeson v Hilliard	[1874] UKLawRpExch 1; (1873-1874) LR 9 Exch 79; 43 LJEx 37	Court of Exchequer	United Kingdom	20 Jan 1874	CommonLII	5
Wenman v Ash	[1853] EngR 692; 138 ER 1432; (1853) 13 CB 836; 22 LJCP 190	Court of Common Pleas	United Kingdom	circa 1853	CommonLII	9
Toogood v Spyring	[1834] EngR 363; (1834) 1 Cr M & R 181; 149 ER 1044	Court of Exchequer	United Kingdom	circa 1834	CommonLII	222
Brooks v Blanshard	[1833] EngR 33; (1833) 1 Cr & M 779; 149 ER 613; (1833) 1 Car & M 779; 3 Tyr 844	Court of Exchequer	United Kingdom	circa 1833	CommonLII	2
Wyatt v Gore	[1816] Holt 299; 171 ER 250		United Kingdom	circa 1816	CommonLII	3

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