Richards (a pseudonym) v Jones (a pseudonym) [2025] NSWSC 5

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Richards (a pseudonym) v Jones (a pseudonym) [2025] NSWSC 5 Hearing dates: 9 January 2025 Date of orders: 9 January 2025 Decision date: 09 January 2025 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Dhanji J Decision: Orders made in terms of the short minutes of order provided to the Court. Catchwords: TORTS – Economic torts – Injurious falsehood – Injunctions – ex parte application for interim relief – balance of convenience found to be in favour of granting relief sought – interim orders made CIVIL PROCEDURE – Hearings – Suppression and non-publication – application for suppression order – interim order made on terms sought TORTS – Economic torts – Injurious falsehood – application to dispense with requirement to provide concerns notice before initiating proceedings – concern that serving of concerns notice would prompt publication and defeat purpose of application for urgent interim relief – leave to proceed granted Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW), s 10 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW),s 12B Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 66 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Richards (a pseudonym) (First Plaintiff) Jackson (a pseudonym) (Second Plaintiff) Roberts (a pseudonym) (Third Plaintiff) Jones (a pseudonym) (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: ST Chrysanthou SC and NG Olson (Plaintiffs)

Solicitors: Giles George (Plaintiffs) File Number(s): 2025/11184 Publication restriction: Pursuant to s 8 of the Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW), the names of the parties are suppressed and replaced with the pseudonyms adopted in this judgment.