DEFAMATION – appeal against primary judge’s findings that no imputations conveyed in trial by judge alone – whether primary judge erred in making findings of characteristics of ordinary reasonable viewer of matter complained of without evidence – whether primary judge entitled to have regard to own first or final impressions of whether imputations conveyed – where new case not put to primary judge raised on appeal – Held: appeal dismissed.
Original article available at: https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/full/2023/2023fcafc0080
For more information, see the original judgement.
