Barrow v. Bolt
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: -24.13114257073859
Longitude: 135.63642619925068
- Country Location (linked Case Law)
- Australia
- Decision Date
- 2 de dez. de 2014
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Dismissed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Judgment in Favor of Defendant
- Keywords
- Defamation
- Freedom of Expression
- Judicial Body
- Supreme Court (court of final appeal)
- Case Number
- [2014] VSC 599
- Case Summary
The Victoria Supreme Court dismissed a libel action brought against the well-known Australian conservative commentator Andrew Bolt. The Court held that the defamatory imputations were trivial and obviously made under qualified privilege.
- Case Significance
The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Source URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
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