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In 2009 a teenager in SA made a harassing Facebook page about a local police officer. He was found guilty of defamation and placed on a two year good behaviour bond. his shows that the law applies to children.

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https://inforrm.org/2018/01/26/top-10-defamation-cases-of-2017-a-selection-suneet-sharma/

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The punishment served the purpose of Retribution

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The punishment served the purpose of Retribution

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Punishments or Resolutions enacted in the case?

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Punishments or Resolutions enacted in the case?

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Mr and Mrs Palmer were ordered to make an apology on the Scotland Island Community Facebook page. Mr Mohareb was ordered to pay his costs.

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It can be something posted on social media or the internet
it can be said in public places
it can be in a photograoh, or a film
it can be printed

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Apologies, Offers to make amends, Damages, injunctions

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Right to legal aid, right to a fair trial, right to appeal and the right to stop further continued vexatious claims

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is on Mr Mohareb to prove the statements are not true and would be on Mr and Mrs Anderson to prove any defence

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Proving that the post was made public and that the publisher was Mr and Mrs Palmer.  Proving that what was posted was not true and did negatively affect Mr Mohareb's reputation, andor the way other people viewed him.

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Mr Palmer knew what he was posting was defamatory. He also had to go through the act of posting it, making the act fit into both categories.

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Defamation Act 2005 (NSW)

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Other people in the legal system involved:

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Other people in the legal system involved:

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Judge, layers, legal aid, the plaintiff and defendant, witnesses, district attorney

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Both Parties had adult capacity under the law

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Both Parties had adult capacity under the law

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Nader Mohareb was the plaintiff and Mr and Mrs Anderson were the defendents

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Australian couple face $80,000 legal bill after Facebook defamation case

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Australian couple face $80,000 legal bill after Facebook defamation case

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Nader Mohareb​ sued Matthew and Annette Palmer in NSW for Defamation.
The Palmers posted on a facebook group statements that included  Mr Nader ‘may or may not be related to Satan’..

Mr and Mrs Palmer were ordered to make an apology on the Scotland Island Community Facebook page. Mr Mohareb was ordered to pay costs.

Mr Mohareb kept taking the Palmers court for an appeal on the order of costs and for claims he made against them of perjury.  In the end the Judge dismissed Mr Mohareb’s appeals.  He is now on the Vexatious litigants list (meaning he can no longer sue anyone for frivolous reasons), because he keeps making nuisance claims in court costing other people tens of thousands of dollars and wasting the courts time

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http://www.lawstuff.org.au/nsw_law/topics/defamation

https://www.lawhandbook.sa.gov.au/ch16s01.php

https://www.uow.edu.au/~bmartin/dissent/documents/defamation.html

https://www.gotocourt.com.au/civil-law/nsw/defamation/

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4689443.htm

http://dictionary.kids.net.au/word/defamation

https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-defamation-of-character-definition-examples.html

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What can I do if I think I have defamed someone?

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What can I do if I think I have defamed someone?

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1. You can remove any material.
2. you should apologise to the person you defamed
3. If the person you have defames wants to sue you then you need to get legal advice from a lawyer.
4.  Defences against defamation include:
Justification
Consent
Honest Opinion
Qualified Privilige
Triviality

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What can you do if you think you have been defamed

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What can you do if you think you have been defamed

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1. you can ask the person who defamed you to take down the material;

2. you can report the defamatory material to social media and ask them to take down the material (if it was posted on Facebook or Twitter etc);

3. you can send the person who defamed you with a legal notice asking them to take down the material and make a public correction;

4. you can sue the person who defamed you (or anyone involved in defaming you) for defamation. If you have been defamed, you must sue within the time limit of 1 year from when the material was communicated.

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The law of defamation protects individual reputation. The law assumes that all people are of good character until the opposite is proved.
Defamatory material must cause the average person to think less of you.

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Defamation is when someone discredits another person's character and reputation