Henderson & Ors v White [2022] NSWDC 438

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Henderson & Ors v White [2022] NSWDC 438 Hearing dates: 29 September 2022 Date of orders: 30 September 2022 Decision date: 30 September 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: Order: (1) Defendant's application for summary dismissal of these proceedings dismissed. (2) Defendant to pay plaintiff's costs of this application. (3) Plaintiff file any amended statement of claim in 28 days. (4) Any amended defence 14 days thereafter. (5) Reply 7 days thereafter. (6) These proceedings stood over for further directions, including discovery and interrogatories, to 15 December 2022. Catchwords: TORT - application to strike out defamation proceedings for abuse of process and disproportionality - application dismissed with costs Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) s 46 Cases Cited: Attila Boros v Pages Property Investments Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 269 Bazzi v Dutton [2022] FCAFC 84 Bleyer v Google Inc (2014) 88 NSWLR 670 Campbell v Regional Publishers Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of NSW, 30 October 1998) Defteros v Google Inc [2020] VSC 219 Ghosh v NineMSN Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 180 Lee & Ors v Hwang & Ors; Hwang v Lee & Ors [2022] NSWDC 182 Muriniti v Kalil [2022] NSWCA 109 Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd & Ors v Wagner & Ors [2020] QCA 221 Victoria International Container Terminal Ltd v Lunt (2021) 271 CLR 132 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Plaintiffs: 1st Plaintiff: Mr Gary Roger Henderson 2nd Plaintiff: Ms Sara Louise Tilling Defendant: Ms Denise White Representation: Counsel: Plaintiffs: Mr N Olson Defendant: Mr R Rasmussen