DEFAMATION – practice and procedure – application seeking leave to file amended defence – application to strike out defences of justification and public interest – whether particulars could support proposed defences of justification and public interest – principles relevant to pleading defences in defamation proceedings – principles relevant to s 29A of the Defamation Act 2005 (Vic) – whether particulars infringe Parliamentary privilege – mitigation of damages – pleading of bad general reputation in mitigation – justification defence struck out – public interest defence and pleading of bad general reputation in mitigation to be left to trial
Original article available at: https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2024/2024fca1261
For more information, see the original judgement.
