Adjudication No. 1343 (adjudicated December 2006) [2006] APC 37

Adjudication No. 1343 (adjudicated December 2006)

The Australian Press Council has dismissed a complaint from Albert E Clark, against the Claremont-Nedlands Post relating to the positioning of his advertisement for legal services and the paper's publishing of an article concerning his conduct as a lawyer on 2 September 2006 and a letter to the editor on 9 September 2006.

Mr Clark believes that the Claremont-Nedlands Post was acting in a vindictive manner due to the placement of articles and letters speaking against him being positioned on either the same page as, or the page opposite, ads for his legal services that he had placed with the Post.

While there was a rather large time delay in the publishing of the article concerning Mr Clark, there is no evidence of the paper acting in a vindictive manner towards him. The Post published in full Mr Clark's letter on 16 September 2006, responding to the earlier article and letter.

For these reasons the Press Council dismisses the complaint.