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Australia allows high profile internet defamation case

An Australian businessman has won the right to launch a defamation lawsuit in Australia over an internet article published in the US.

Tue, 10 Dec, 2002 - 09:07

An Australian businessman has won the right to launch a defamation lawsuit in Australia over an internet article published in the US.

The High Court of Australia unanimously dismissed an appeal by international news service Dow Jones.

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