JE v Central Coast Local Health District & Ors [2022] NSWDC 31

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: JE v Central Coast Local Health District & Ors [2022] NSWDC 31 Hearing dates: 23 February 2022 Date of orders: 23 February 2022 Decision date: 23 February 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: Order: (1) Pursuant to Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) s 8, the name of the plaintiff is suppressed and replaced with the pseudonym adopted in this judgment. (2) Defendants' notices of motion granted; pursuant to UCPR r 13.4 and r 14.28, these proceedings are struck out and dismissed. (3) Plaintiff pay first, second and fourth defendants' costs. Catchwords: TORT – defamation – application for summary dismissal of proceedings pursuant to UCPR r 13.4 and r 14.28 – no issue of principle Legislation Cited: Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW) s 91 Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) s 8 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) s 23 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 31A Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) ("UCPR") rr 4.5, 6.29, 13.4, 14.28, 15.19(2) Cases Cited: Aboriginal Group Training (WA) v PEEDAC Pty Ltd [2004] WASC 51 Ajok v Mares [2010] NSWDC 62 Bleyer v Google Inc (2014) 88 NSWLR 670 Chandrasekaram v Commonwealth of Australia [2016] NSWSC 1149 Chandrasekaram v Commonwealth of Australia [2016] NSWSC 1149 Culleton v Kershaw (No 2) [2018] WASC 236 Cumberland v Clarke (1995 – 6) 39 NSWLR 514 at 529 Dickens v State of New South Wales (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 485 General Steel Industries v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 JE v Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services [2019] NSWCA 162 JE v Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services [2020] NSWCA 123 JE v Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services [2020] NSWCA 243 Kalsbeek v Commonwealth [2018] WADC 79 Knorr v CSIRO (No 3) [2012] VSC 529 Kostov v Zhang; Kostov v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2017] NSWDC 7 Lazarus v Azize [2015] ACTSC 344 Massarani v Kriz [2003] FCA 2020 Massarani v Kriz [2020] NSWCA 252 Merrett v Marinakos & Anor [2019] FCCA 541 Morris v IMF Bentham Ltd [2018] FCA 1009 Nyoni v Pharmacy Board (No 6) [2018] FCA 526 Sattin v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (1996) 39 NSWLR 32 Sheen v Burke [1993] 1 VR 584 Spencer v Commonwealth of Australia (2010) 241 CLR 118 Thomson v Luxford [2014] FCA 342 Tjiong v Tjiong [2021] NSWSC 1389 Troiano v Voci [2019] VSC 859 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Plaintiff: JE (Self-represented)