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Macintosh v Dun

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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1908
Date1908
Year1908
CourtPrivy Council
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36 cases
  • Dale v Veda Advantage Information Services and Solutions Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
  • Neethling v Du Preez and Others; Neethling v the Weekly Mail and Others
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...581; Watt v Longsdon [1930] 1 KB 139 (CA) at 147; Beach and Another v Freeson [1971] 2 All ER 854 (CA) at 857, 858, 862; Macintosh v Dun [1908] AC 390 at 399; Perera v Peiris [1949] AC 1 at 19-21; Gerhold v Baker I [1918] WN 368 at 369; Huntley v Ward (1859) 6 CB (NS) 514 at 517; Dunnet v N......
  • Large v Atkinson
    • New Zealand
    • Court of Appeal
    • Invalid date
  • Watts v Times Newspapers Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 28 July 1995
    ...is the public interest frequently expressed as "The common convenience and welfare of society" or "The general interest of society" ( MacIntosh v Dunn [1908] AC 390). The first classic exposition of this doctrine is to be found in the judgment of Parke B in Toogood v Spyring [1834] 1 CM & R......
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5 books & journal articles
  • 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......
  • Table of Cases
    • 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 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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