M1 v R1 & Ors [2022] NSWDC 409

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: M1 v R1 & Ors [2022] NSWDC 409 Hearing dates: 09 September 2022 Date of orders: 13 September 2022 Decision date: 13 September 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: Order: (1) Summons struck out and dismissed. (2) Plaintiff pay defendants' costs of this application and of the proceedings. Catchwords: TORT - defamation - concerns notice fails to provide particulars of serious harm or attach the matters complained of - two of the four publications produced under subpoena in proceedings in another court - plaintiff files the concerns notice (described as a "Summons") in lieu of a statement of claim - defendants seek summary dismissal of proceedings - proceedings dismissed Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) ss 12A and 12B Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Family Law) Rules 2021 (Cth) r 6.36 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW)("UCPR") rr 6.1, 6.3(b) and 6.6 Cases Cited: Attorney-General v Butterworth [1963] 1 QB 696 Calabro v Zappia [2010] NSWDC 127 Chapman v DPP of Western Australia [2009] WASCA 66 Clarkson v The Mandarin Club (1998) 90 FCR 354 Daryanani v Ramnani [2017] EWHC 183 David v Gabriel [2016] EWHC 2799 (QB) Denis v Sauvageau [2022] ABCA 166 Dickens v State of New South Wales (No.3) [2018] NSWSC 485 Duncan-Tate v Strelec [2013] NSWSC 1446 Duraisamy v Sydney Trains [2019] NSWCA 269 Emanuele v Hedley (Supreme Court (ACT), Higgins J, 7 March 1997, unrep) Goldsmith v Bissett-Powell [2022] EWHC 1591 (QB) Harman v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1983] 1 AC 280 Hill v Bolt (1997) 28 NSWLR 329 Johnson v McArdle [2020] EWHC 644 Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd and another [2020] AC 612 Lewandowski v Lovell (Supreme Court (WA), Kennedy J, 8 March 1993, unrep Miller v Polk (Supreme Court (NSW), Hunt J, 4 August 1985, unrep) Newman v Whittington [2022] NSWSC 249 Riddick v Thames Mills [1977] QB 881 Rizeq v Western Australia (2017) 262 CLR 1 Ruta v Department of Work and Pensions [2022] EWHC 1535 Soriano v Societe D'Exploitation De L'Hebdomadaire Le Point SA & Anor [2022] EWHC 1763 Stone & Rolls (in liquidation) v Moore Stephens (a firm) [2010] 1 All E R 125 Tewari v Khetarpal & Ors [2022] EWHC 2066 Wilks v Qu (Ruling) [2022] VCC 620 Yeshiva Properties No 1 Pty Ltd v Lubavitch Mazal Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 775 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Plaintiff: M1