Brennan Program Justice Talk 2025 #4 Understanding Defamation Law in Australia: An Overview
WHEN
6 August 2025
Wednesday
6.00pm - 7.00pm Australia/Sydney
WHERE
Online
COST
Free admission
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A talk for UTS Law students about Defamation Law with Professor David Rolph
What kinds of communication can be defamatory? In what circumstances is a publication considered to have caused serious harm to someone’s reputation? And, on what grounds can a defamation action be defended?
This Justice Talk provides an introduction to defamation law in Australia. It examines its sources of law, as well as the principles of liability, defences and remedies. It also considers defamation law in practice, in particular the impact of defamation law on investigative journalism and the ‘chilling effect’ of defamation law on free speech.
This Justice Talk will be held online, via Zoom.
Featured speakers
For this talk we welcome Professor David Rolph, a Professor of Law at the University of Sydney.
David Rolph is a Professor of Law at the University of Sydney Law School and an academic member at Level 22 Chambers.