Kapandritis v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] NSWDC 784

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Kapandritis v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] NSWDC 784 Hearing dates: 30 July and 3 December 2020 Date of orders: 18 December 2020 Decision date: 18 December 2020 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Paragraph 2(a) of the Amended Reply filed on 21 August 2020 is struck out and leave to plead the additional particular 2(a)(iii) (set out in the submissions dated 14 October 2020) is refused. (2) Costs reserved. (3) The parties to have liberty to provide Short Minutes of Order for any further timetable to my associate in chambers. Catchwords: TORT – defamation – defences under ss 28 and 29 of the Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) – challenges to particulars of the Reply Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) ss 28, 29 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules (NSW) 2005 rr 15.1, 15.4 and 15.31 Cases Cited: Alsaifi v Trinity Mirror plc & Anor [2017] EWHC 1444 (QB) Barrow v Herald & Weekly Times Pty Ltd [2015] VSC 263 Brett May v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd & Ors [2007] NSWSC 760 Chel v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 4) [2017] NSWSC 107 Cummings v Fairfax Digital Australia and New Zealand Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 325 Feldman v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 260 Feldman v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 260 Green v Schneller [2000] NSWSC 548 Gross v Weston [2007] NSWCA 1 Harrigan v Jones [2000] NSWSC 814 Kapandritis v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2019] NSWDC 684 Nyoni v Pharmacy Board of Australia (No 6) [2018] FCA 526 Qadir v ANL [2012] EWHL 2606 Qadir v ANL [2020] EWHC 2606 (QB) Waterhouse v Station 2GB Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 58 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Plaintiff: Spiro Kapandritis Defendant: Nationwide News Pty Ltd Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Mr R Rasmussen Defendant: Ms M Cowden