Peter P v Clarence C (No. 2) [2020] NSWDC 465

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Peter P v Clarence C (No. 2) [2020] NSWDC 465 Hearing dates: 4 June 2020 Date of orders: 3 July 2020 Decision date: 03 July 2020 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: Application for summary dismissal of proceedings is refused: at [51]. Catchwords: TORT — defamation — application for summary dismissal as an abuse of process and/or pursuant to Bleyer v Google Inc principles of proportionality — application refused Legislation Cited: Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552 Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd v Casa Musicale Sonzogno Di Pietro Ostali SNC [1971] 1 WLR 1128 Bata v Bata [1948] WN 366 Bleyer v Google Inc (2014) 88 NSWLR 670 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Clune [2008] NSWSC 1125 Crawford Adjusters (Cayman) Ltd v Sagicor General Insurance (Cayman) Ltd [2013] UKPC 17 Cumberland v Clark (1996) 39 NSWLR 514 Desfosses v Martinson [2018] WASC 114 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 Dow Jones & Co Inc v Gutnick [2002] HCA 56; 210 CLR 575; 77 ALJR 255; 194 ALR 433 El Chami v Mackie [2019] NSWSC 821 Ewing v Times Newspapers Ltd [2011] NIQB 63 Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd v Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Ltd (2013) 250 CLR 303 Farrow v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA246 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Habib v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 231 Jameel (Yousef) v Dow Jones & Co Inc [2005] QB 946 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Hibbert [2014] NSWCA 13 O'Dwyer v Chief Constable of the RUC [1997] NI 403 Palmer v Turnbull [2018] QCA 11 Peter P v Clarence C [2020] NSWDC 240 Poland v Hedley (No 2) 2020 WASC 203 Ramsey & Ors v Vogler [2000] NSWCA 260 Tajjour v New South Wales [2014] HCA 35 Toben v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2016] NSWCA 296 Trkulja v Google LLC (2018) 263 CLR 149 Tyrrell v The Owners Corporation Strata Scheme 40022 [2007] NSWCA 8 Un v Chow [2018] NSWCA 287 Wagner & Ors v Nine Network Australia & Ors [2019] QSC 284 Wallis v Valentine [2002] EWCA Civ 1034 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509; [1992] HCA 34 Texts Cited: P Taylor SC, Justice G Bellew, M Meek SC, Dr E Elms OAM of Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure New South Wales (LexisNexis Australia) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Plaintiff: Peter P Defendant: Clarence C Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Mr T Senior Defendant: Mr J Cohen