King & Anor v Greenwood (No.2) [2022] NSWDC 188

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: King & Anor v Greenwood (No.2) [2022] NSWDC 188 Hearing dates: 2 June 2022 Date of orders: 2 June 2022 Decision date: 02 June 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: Order: (1) Pursuant to UCPR r 7.36 each of the plaintiffs and the defendant are referred to the registrar for referral to the Pro Bono panel for legal assistance for the conduct of the plaintiffs' application that the defendant be referred to the Prothonotary for contempt. (2) Proceedings stood over to 4 August 2022 for further directions and allocation of a hearing date. (3) Costs reserved. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - litigant in person the subject of an application for referral to the Prothonotary for contempt asks for pro bono assistance - opposing parties also self-represented - both parties referred to the registrar for pro bono assistance pursuant to UCPR r 7.36 Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) s 33 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 rr 7.34, 7.35 and 7.36 Cases Cited: Environmental Protection Authority v Panther Resources Pty Ltd and Another [2003] NSWLEC 216 Kelly v Mosman Municipal Council [2010] NSWCA 370 King & Anor v Greenwood [2022] NSWDC 61 Mears v Sydney Anglican Schools Corp [2016] NSWCA 39 Newman v Whittington [2022] NSWSC 249 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Yau Hang Chan (No 22) [2016] NSWSC 1013 Texts Cited: J Gibson, 'Identifying defamation law reform issues: 'A "snapshot" view of defamation judgment data' (2019) 23 Media & Arts Law Review 4 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Mr C King (plaintiff) Mrs J King (plaintiff) Mr A Greenwood (defendant) Representation: Mr C King, AVL Mr A Greenwood, AVL Mrs J King did not appear File Number(s): 2021/00063201