RAYNEY -v- THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA [No 9] [2017] WASC 367
Link to Appeal: [2019] WASCA 23
SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
[2017] WASC 367
N/A
CIV 2177/2008
1-31 MARCH, 3-11, 19-21, 26-28 APRIL, 8, 9, 12, 16 MAY, & 17-19, 24-28 JULY 2017
CHANEY J
15/12/2017
Perth
Judgment for the plaintiff
A
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LLOYD PATRICK RAYNEY
THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Defamation
Press conference by police
Meaning of words used
Alternative imputations
Imputations of guilt or suspicion of guilt
Qualified privilege
Whether occasion of qualified privilege
Whether conduct of defendant reasonable
Whether imputations true
Conduct rule Damages
Non-economic loss
Purpose served by non
economic damages for defamation
Proper construction of Defamation Act 2005 (WA), s
35
Cap on damages
Aggravated damages
Causation
Mitigation
Damages or compensation received in other proceedings Damages
Economic loss
Causation
Intervening events causing loss
Break in chain of causation
Press conference by police
Meaning of words used
Alternative imputations
Imputations of guilt or suspicion of guilt
Qualified privilege
Whether occasion of qualified privilege
Whether conduct of defendant reasonable
Whether imputations true
Conduct rule Damages
Non-economic loss
Purpose served by non
economic damages for defamation
Proper construction of Defamation Act 2005 (WA), s
35
Cap on damages
Aggravated damages
Causation
Mitigation
Damages or compensation received in other proceedings Damages
Economic loss
Causation
Intervening events causing loss
Break in chain of causation
Defamation Act 2005 (WA), s30, s35, s38
Aktas v Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd (2010) 241 CLR 79
Aktas v Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd [2009] NSWCA 9
Allied Pastoral Holdings Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (Cth) [1983] 1 NSWLR 1
Austin v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1985) 3 NSWLR 354
Bashford v Information Australia (Newsletters) Pty Ltd (2004) 218 CLR 366
Beamish v The Queen [2005] WASCA 62
Browne v Dunn (1894) 6 R 67
Burrows v Knightley (1987) 10 NSWLR 651
Carson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1993) 178 CLR 44
Cassell & Co Ltd v Broome [1972] AC 1027
Cerutti v Crestside Pty Ltd [2014] QCA 33
[2016] 1Qd R 89
Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspapers Ltd (1998) 193 CLR 519
Channel Seven Adelaide Pty Ltd v S, DJ [2007] SASC 117
Charleston v News Group Newspapers Ltd [1995] UKHL 6
[1995] 2 AC 65
Chase v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2002] EWCA Civ 1772
Costello & Abbott v Random House Australia Pty Ltd (1999) 137 ACTR 1
Cripps v Vakras [2014] VSC 279
Cush v Dillon [2011] HCA 30
(2011) 243 CLR 298
Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 52
(2005) 221 ALR 186
Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd [2012] 2 AC 273
[2012] 4 All ER 913
Forrest v Askew [2007] WASC 161
Forrest v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2012] HCA 39
(2012) 247 CLR 486
Griffith v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2004] NSWCA 300
Harding v Essey [2005] WASCA 30
(2005) 30 WAR 1
Herald & Weekly Times Ltd v Popovic [2003] VSCA 161
(2003) 9 VR 1
Jackson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1981] 1 NSWLR 36
John Fairfax & Sons Ltd v Kelly (1987) 8 NSWLR 131
John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Rivkin [2003] HCA 50
(2003) 77 ALJR 1657
Legal Profession Complaints Committee and Rayney [2016] WASAT 142
Legal Profession Complaints Committee v Rayney [2017] WASCA 78
Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd [1964] AC 234
[1963] 2 All ER 151
Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Corporation v Di Masi [2014] VSCA 104
(2014) 43 VR 348
Malcolm v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 254
Mallard v The Queen (2005) 224 CLR 125
March v E & MH Stramare Pty Ltd [1991] HCA 12
(1991) 171 CLR 506
McManus v Beckham [2002] 1 WLR 2982
[2002] EWCA Civ 939
Medlin v State Government Insurance Commission (1995) 182 CLR 1
Mirror Newspapers Ltd v Harrison [1982] HCA 50
(1982) 149 CLR 293
Morgan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1991) 23 NSWLR 374
Morgan v Odhams Press Ltd [1971] 1 WLR 1239
Morosi v Mirror Newspapers [1977] 2 NSWLR 749
Musa King v Telegraph Group Ltd [2003] EWHC 1312 (QB)
Nationwide News Ltd v Weise (1990) 4 WAR 263
Pamplin v Express Newspapers Ltd (No 2) [1988] 1 WLR 116
Ratcliffe v Evans (1892) 2 QB 524
Rayney and Legal Practice Board of Western Australia [2016] WASAT 7
Rayney v Reynolds [2016] WASC 219
Rayney v Reynolds [No 2] [2016] WASC 254
Reader's Digest Services Pty Ltd v Lamb (1982) 150 CLR 500
Rogers v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (2003) 216 CLR 327
Sands v Channel Seven Adelaide Pty Ltd [2010] SASC 202
Sands v State of South Australia [2013] SASC 44
Sands v State of South Australia [2015] SASCFC 36
(2015) 122 SASR 195
Selecta Homes & Building Co Pty Ltd v Advertiser-News Weekend Publishing Co Pty Ltd [2001] SASC 140
(2001) 79 SASR 451
Shah v Standard Chartered Bank [1999] QB 241
[1998] 4 All ER 155
Sims v Wran [1984] 1 NSWLR 317
Slim v Daily Telegraph Ltd [1968] 2 QB 157
Speight v Gosnay (1891) 60 LJ QB 231
(1891) 51 JP 501
The State of Western Australia v Rayney [No 3] [2012] WASC 404
Theophanous v Herald & Weekly Times Ltd (1994) 182 CLR 104
Toomey v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 173
Triggell v Pheeney (1951) 82 CLR 497
Truth (NZ) Ltd v Holloway [1961] NZLR 22
[1960] 1 WLR 997
Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (1966) 117 CLR 118
West Australian Newspapers Ltd v Elliott [2008] WASCA 172
(2008) 37 WAR 387
Wilson v Bauer Media Pty Ltd [2017] VSC 521
Wright v Australian Broadcasting Commission [1977] 1 NSWLR 697
Aktas v Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd [2009] NSWCA 9
Allied Pastoral Holdings Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (Cth) [1983] 1 NSWLR 1
Austin v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1985) 3 NSWLR 354
Bashford v Information Australia (Newsletters) Pty Ltd (2004) 218 CLR 366
Beamish v The Queen [2005] WASCA 62
Browne v Dunn (1894) 6 R 67
Burrows v Knightley (1987) 10 NSWLR 651
Carson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1993) 178 CLR 44
Cassell & Co Ltd v Broome [1972] AC 1027
Cerutti v Crestside Pty Ltd [2014] QCA 33
[2016] 1Qd R 89
Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspapers Ltd (1998) 193 CLR 519
Channel Seven Adelaide Pty Ltd v S, DJ [2007] SASC 117
Charleston v News Group Newspapers Ltd [1995] UKHL 6
[1995] 2 AC 65
Chase v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2002] EWCA Civ 1772
Costello & Abbott v Random House Australia Pty Ltd (1999) 137 ACTR 1
Cripps v Vakras [2014] VSC 279
Cush v Dillon [2011] HCA 30
(2011) 243 CLR 298
Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 52
(2005) 221 ALR 186
Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd [2012] 2 AC 273
[2012] 4 All ER 913
Forrest v Askew [2007] WASC 161
Forrest v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2012] HCA 39
(2012) 247 CLR 486
Griffith v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2004] NSWCA 300
Harding v Essey [2005] WASCA 30
(2005) 30 WAR 1
Herald & Weekly Times Ltd v Popovic [2003] VSCA 161
(2003) 9 VR 1
Jackson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1981] 1 NSWLR 36
John Fairfax & Sons Ltd v Kelly (1987) 8 NSWLR 131
John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Rivkin [2003] HCA 50
(2003) 77 ALJR 1657
Legal Profession Complaints Committee and Rayney [2016] WASAT 142
Legal Profession Complaints Committee v Rayney [2017] WASCA 78
Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd [1964] AC 234
[1963] 2 All ER 151
Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Corporation v Di Masi [2014] VSCA 104
(2014) 43 VR 348
Malcolm v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 254
Mallard v The Queen (2005) 224 CLR 125
March v E & MH Stramare Pty Ltd [1991] HCA 12
(1991) 171 CLR 506
McManus v Beckham [2002] 1 WLR 2982
[2002] EWCA Civ 939
Medlin v State Government Insurance Commission (1995) 182 CLR 1
Mirror Newspapers Ltd v Harrison [1982] HCA 50
(1982) 149 CLR 293
Morgan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1991) 23 NSWLR 374
Morgan v Odhams Press Ltd [1971] 1 WLR 1239
Morosi v Mirror Newspapers [1977] 2 NSWLR 749
Musa King v Telegraph Group Ltd [2003] EWHC 1312 (QB)
Nationwide News Ltd v Weise (1990) 4 WAR 263
Pamplin v Express Newspapers Ltd (No 2) [1988] 1 WLR 116
Ratcliffe v Evans (1892) 2 QB 524
Rayney and Legal Practice Board of Western Australia [2016] WASAT 7
Rayney v Reynolds [2016] WASC 219
Rayney v Reynolds [No 2] [2016] WASC 254
Reader's Digest Services Pty Ltd v Lamb (1982) 150 CLR 500
Rogers v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (2003) 216 CLR 327
Sands v Channel Seven Adelaide Pty Ltd [2010] SASC 202
Sands v State of South Australia [2013] SASC 44
Sands v State of South Australia [2015] SASCFC 36
(2015) 122 SASR 195
Selecta Homes & Building Co Pty Ltd v Advertiser-News Weekend Publishing Co Pty Ltd [2001] SASC 140
(2001) 79 SASR 451
Shah v Standard Chartered Bank [1999] QB 241
[1998] 4 All ER 155
Sims v Wran [1984] 1 NSWLR 317
Slim v Daily Telegraph Ltd [1968] 2 QB 157
Speight v Gosnay (1891) 60 LJ QB 231
(1891) 51 JP 501
The State of Western Australia v Rayney [No 3] [2012] WASC 404
Theophanous v Herald & Weekly Times Ltd (1994) 182 CLR 104
Toomey v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 173
Triggell v Pheeney (1951) 82 CLR 497
Truth (NZ) Ltd v Holloway [1961] NZLR 22
[1960] 1 WLR 997
Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (1966) 117 CLR 118
West Australian Newspapers Ltd v Elliott [2008] WASCA 172
(2008) 37 WAR 387
Wilson v Bauer Media Pty Ltd [2017] VSC 521
Wright v Australian Broadcasting Commission [1977] 1 NSWLR 697
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