Collins On Defamation

Matthew Collins, Victorian Bar Dr Matthew Collins SC is a barrister based in Melbourne, Australia, who practises in the fields of media, information technology, and commercial law. He is a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, a door tenant at One Brick Court chambers in London, and the author of all three editions of TheLaw of Defamation and the Internet (OUP, 2001, 2005, 2010).

PART I: PRELIMINARY MATTER ; 1. General Information ; 2. Parties ; PART II: THE CAUSE OF ACTION FOR DEFAMATION ; 3. Libel and Slander ; 4. Publication ; 5. Identification ; 6. Defamatory Meaning ; PART III: DEFENCES ; 7. Justification ; 8. Honest Comment ; 9. Introduction to Privilege ; 10. Absolute Privilege ; 11. Duty and Interest Form of Qualified Privilege ; 12. Responsible Journalism ; 13. Fair Reports Forms of Qualified Privilege ; 14. Qualified Privilege and Malice ; 15. Statutory Innocent Dissemination and Related Defences ; 16. Common Law Defence of Innocent Dissemintation ; 17. Other Defences ; PART IV: REMEDIES AND RELATED MATTERS ; 18. Injunctions and Related Remedies ; 19. Damages ; 20. Vicarious Liability ; 21. Recognition and Enforcement of Judgements in Foreign Countries ; PART V: ALTERNATIVES TO DEFAMATION LAW ; 22. Breach of Confidence and Misuse of Private Information ; 23. Malicious Falsehood ; 24. Negligence ; PART VI: EUROPEAN INFLUENCES ON THE LAW OF DEFAMATION ; 25. Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights ; 26. Human Rights Act ; PART VII: JURISDICTION AND CHOICE OF LAW ; 27. Grounds of Jurisdiction ; 28. Forum Non Conveniens ; 29. Choice of Law ; 30. Proof of Foreign Law ; PART VIII: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE ; 31. Pre-action Considerations ; 32. Statements of Case ; 33. Other Pre-Trial Steps ; 34. Trial ; 35. Appeals and Related Matters