NSW District Court has power to order permanent injunctions, Court confirms

The District Court of NSW has confirmed it holds the power to grant permanent injunctions.

In a defamation case handed down last week by Her Honour Justice Gibson, the Court awarded the Plaintiff a permanent injunction. This confirms the court's powers which were somewhat uncertain to date.

Food blogger eats words after Court orders him to pay $300,000 in damages for defamation

Issac Martin, who is better known by is handle @issac_eatsalot, is $300,000 richer after the Court held that a series of posts from a rival blogger stating he was a "paedophile" were defamatory.

The posts from April this year by Fouad Najem were held to have been a part of a campaign to "attack and discredit the reputation of the plaintiff". The defendant did not appear at the hearing nor did he send any legal representatives or produce any evidence. Further, Her Honour noted that the defendant was likely to continueto post about the Plaintiff.