By: Andrew Shute, Partner and Jason Savage, Senior Associate
Grattan v Porter [2016] QDC 202
The plaintiff (Mr Grattan) and his wife were historically close friends with the defendant (Ms Porter) and her husband. That relationship ended in about January 2011, and soon afterwards the Grattans began to hear rumours to the effect that Mr Grattan was a paedophile.
Some years later, on the evening of Friday 7 March 2014, the Grattans and the Porters both attended a golf club, albeit separately. During the course of the evening, Ms Porter’s daughter, at her mother’s request, obtained details about one of the children at the Grattan’s table (CD), including her name and school, and reported them to Ms Porter.
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