Lee & Ors v Hwang & Ors; Hwang v Lee & Ors [2022] NSWDC 182

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lee & Ors v Hwang & Ors; Hwang v Lee & Ors [2022] NSWDC 182 Hearing dates: 31 March and 20 May 2022 Date of orders: 30 May 2022 Decision date: 30 May 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: Order: (1) Applications by the plaintiffs in proceedings 2017/00307536 for the defence in those proceedings to be struck out and for the assessment of damages dismissed; the plaintiffs are to pay the defendants' costs. (2) Application by the defendants in proceedings 2018/00195738 for the statement of claim to be struck out is dismissed; the defendants are to pay the plaintiff's costs. (3) Liberty to the parties to approach the List Judge for allocation of a hearing date as a seven-day non-jury defamation trial of both proceedings 2017/00307536 and 2018/00195738, noting that the evidence in one is to be the evidence in the other of these proceedings. Catchwords: TORT - defamation - application for summary dismissal of proceedings on the basis of belated discovery of a suspicious-looking screenshot and failure to comply with a self-executing order to provide four translations - application dismissed with costs Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) ss 56 - 62, 67 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) s 30 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 r 14.28 Cases Cited: Allen v Mathews [2007] EWCA Civ 216 Armin v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd [2018] NSWDC 321 Barakat v Goritsas [2012] NSWCA 8 Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd v Mahommed (2010) 278 ALR 232 Chong v CC Containers Pty Ltd (2015) 49 VR 402 Clark v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWCA 139 Douglas & Anor v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1983] 3 NSWLR 126 Federal Treasury Enterprise (FKP) Sojuzplodoimport v Spirits International B.V. (Permanent Stay) [2019] FCA 802 Federal Treasury Enterprise (FKP) Sojuzplodoimport v Spirits International B.V. (Permanent Stay) [2021] FCAFC 77 Hunt v Times Newspapers Pty Ltd [2013] EWHC 1868 (QB) In the matter of Ji Woo International Education Centre Pty Limited (in liquidation) (deregistered) [2019] NSWSC 30 In the matter of Ji Woo International Education Centre Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 1060 In the matter of Ji Woo International Education Centre Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 93 Lunt v Victoria International Container Terminal Limited (No 2) [2019] FCA 1016 Massoud v Radio 2GB Sydney Pty Ltd & Ors [2021] NSWDC 336 Michaud v Stefanovski [2016] WASCA 85 Moroney v Zegers [2018] VSC 446 Nitopi v Nitopi [2021] NSWSC 669 Ovchinnikov v Russian Sports and Social Club Inc [2012] NSWSC 828 Palavi v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 264 Palavi v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 264 Pentridge Village Pty Ltd v CFMEU [2021] VSC 848 Powell v Boladz [2003] All E R 131 Powell v UK (2000) 30 EHRR CD 362 Raja v Van Hoogstraten [2002] All E R 74 Rinehart v Rinehart [2022] NSWCA 66 The Owners – Strata Plan 87265 v Saaib; Alexandrova v The Owners – Strata Plan 87265 [2022] NSWCA 63 Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Mulcaire [2012] EWHC 2692 (Ch) Yeo v Australian Securities and Investments Commission, in the matter of Ji Woo International Education Centre Pty Ltd (deregistered) [2017] FCA 1480 Yeo v Australian Securities and Investments Commission, in the matter of Ji Woo International Education Centre Pty Ltd (No 4) [2019] FCA 1119 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: 2017/00307536: Plaintiffs: First Plaintiff: Bo Hyun Lee also known as Scott Lee Fourth Plaintiff: IBN Global Pty Ltd (ACN 166 098 157)