Georges v G Georges; Georges v B Georges [2023] NSWDC 245

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Georges v G Georges; Georges v B Georges [2023] NSWDC 245 Hearing dates: 6 July 2023 Date of orders: 7 July 2023 Decision date: 07 July 2023 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraph 43 Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – defamation – case-management directions – grave allegations, including sexual assaults, in defences of justification and contextual truth – whether appropriate to order service of witness outlines before witnesses give evidence – whether appropriate to order parties to disclose names of witnesses to be called prior to them giving evidence Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) ss 57, 58 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 31.1 Cases Cited: Charan v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2019] VSCA 8 Georges v Georges [2022] NSWDC 558 Gough v Squillacioti [2021] NSWDC 229 Haklane v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 341 Henry v Hill [2000] NSWSC 850 Kingsfield Holdings Pty Ltd v Rutherford [2016] WASC 117 Martrat Pty Ltd t/as Huxley Hill & Associates v Murphy [2020] NSWDC 1 Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No. 12) [2021] FCA 465 Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No.41) [2023] FCA 555 V'landys v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2020] FCA 1264 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Farah Georges (plaintiff) George Georges (defendant) Bassam Georges (defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr D Sibtain SC with Mr T Senior for the plaintiff Mr K Smark SC for the defendants