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A Melbourne property developer is suing a local councillor for defamation over a string of comments made by other people on a community Facebook page, in the latest in a series of cases about the liability of online administrators for posts by third parties.
Sam Zuchowski, director of Cavendish Properties, claims his reputation and standing have been severely injured because of comments on the Carrum and Patterson Lakes Forum Facebook page, administered by newly elected Kingston councillor Cameron Howe.
Kingston councillor Cameron Howe.
Cavendish Properties, headed by Mr Zuchowski and his lawyer son Adam Zuchowski, is behind the Patterson Lakes Marina District development in Melbourne’s south-east.