Macintosh v Dun

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1908
Date1908
Year1908
CourtPrivy Council

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    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Cyberlibel: Information Warfare in the 21st Century? Part VIII
    • 15 June 2011
    ...MacFadden v. Anthony, 117 N.Y.S.2d 520 (Sup. Ct. 1952) ........................................................ .249 Macintosh v. Dun, [1908] A.C. 390 (P.C.) .................................................................................... 289 Mack v. North Hill News Ltd. (1964), 44 D.L.......
  • The Defence of Qualified Privilege
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part V. The Merits Hurdle
    • 13 June 2022
    ...per Duf J. (Anglin C.J.C., Mignault, and Lamont JJ. concurring). Sapiro v. Leader Publishing Co. Ltd ., above, at 70. Macintosh v. Dun , [1908] A.C. 390 (P.C.) per Lord Macnaghten at 398 and 399, citing Toogood v. Spyring (1834), 1 C.M. & R. 181 at 193 where Parke B. stated: If fairly warra......
  • The Defence of Qualified Privilege
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Cyberlibel: Information Warfare in the 21st Century? Part V
    • 15 June 2011
    ...per Duf J. (Anglin C.J.C., Mignault, and Lamont JJ. concurring). Sapiro v. Leader Publishing Co. Ltd., above, at 70. Macintosh v. Dun, [1908] A.C. 390 (P.C.) per Lord Macnaghten at 398 and 399, citing Toogood v. Spyring (1834), 1 C.M. & R. 181 at 193 where Parke B. stated: If fairly warrant......
  • The cost of losing the code: historical protection of public debate in Australian defamation law.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 38 No. 2, December - December 2014
    • 1 December 2014
    ...(1906) 3 CLR 1134, 1147 (Griffith CJ). In any event, the view of Griffith CJ was overruled by the Privy Council: Macintosh v Dun [1908] AC 390. (38) Michael Gillooly, The Law of Defamation in Australia and New Zealand (Federation Press, 1998) 210 (39) Queensland, Parliamentary Debates, Legi......
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