Principal Lawyer Justin Quill comments on possible national review to balance defamation laws
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Source: The Australian
Principal Lawyer Justin Quill commented in The Australian regarding a possible review of defamation laws. A parliamentary committee has urged this review should look to to ensure the laws do not hinder public-interest journalism, as it is argued that defamation laws “played a significant part in curtailing journalists’ efforts to pursue public interest stories”.
Justin said news organisations faced huge costs as a result of defamation claims, even if they were successfully defended.
“It is much harder to defend a defamation claim than to bring one,” he said.
“A media organisation can spend millions of dollars defending a single action. And quite often, these costs are not recoverable.”
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Principal Lawyer Justin Quill comments on possible national review to balance defamation laws
Source: The Australian
Principal Lawyer Justin Quill commented in The Australian regarding a possible review of defamation laws. A parliamentary committee has urged this review should look to to ensure the laws do not hinder public-interest journalism, as it is argued that defamation laws “played a significant part in curtailing journalists’ efforts to pursue public interest stories”.
Justin said news organisations faced huge costs as a result of defamation claims, even if they were successfully defended.
“It is much harder to defend a defamation claim than to bring one,” he said.
“A media organisation can spend millions of dollars defending a single action. And quite often, these costs are not recoverable.”
To read the full article, click here (paywall).