NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: Habib v Radio 2UE Pty Limited [2008] NSWDC 59
HEARING DATE(S): 6 March 2008, 27 March 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 16 April 2008
JURISDICTION: Civil
JUDGMENT OF: Gibson DCJ
DECISION: (1) Proceedings commenced by the plaintiff against the defendants for the broadcasts in schedules A, B and C struck out and dismissed as an abuse of process. (2) Plaintiff pay defendants' costs.
CATCHWORDS: Tort - defamation - abuse of process
Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56 - 62 Defamation Act 1974 (NSW), ss 3(d), 7A, 9(3), 9(6), 48 and 48A LEGISLATION CITED: Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 (NSW), s 5(1)(b) Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW), Part 12 r 2 (repealed) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 14.28
Arthur Harris v 718932 Pty Ltd (2003) 56 NSWLR 276 Dennis v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2008] NSWCA 37 Goldsmith v Sperrings [1977] 1 WLR 478 Green v Weatherill [1929] 2 Ch 213 Griffith & Ors v Australian Broadcasting Corporation & Ors [2003] NSWSC 298 Habib v Nationwide News Pty Limited [2007] HCATrans 802 (14 December 2007) Habib v Nationwide News Pty Limited [2007] NSWCA 91 Haines v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1995) 43 NSWLR 404 Henderson v Henderson (1843) 3 Hare 100; 67 ER 313 James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd v Seltsam Pty Ltd [1998] HCA 78 Jones v Sutton (2004) 61 NSWLR 614 Lee v Kim [2006] NSWCA 384 Maple v David Syme & Co Ltd [1974] 1 NSWLR 290 CASES CITED: McWhirter v Manning ("The Times", 30 October 1954) Meckiff v Simpson [1968] VR 62 Packer v Meagher [1984] 3 NSWLR 486 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun (1981) 147 CLR 589 Queensland v J L Holdings Pty Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 146 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 Ronald v Harper (1910) 11 CLR 63 Sims v Wran [1984] 1 NSWLR 317 Speight v Gosnay (1890) 60 LJQB 231 State Bank of NSW Ltd v Stenhouse & Ors (Supreme Court of New South Wales, 18 February 1999, unreported) The Age Corporation v Beran [2005] NSWCA 289 Trawl Industries of Australia Pty Ltd v Effem Foods Pty Ltd [1992] 35 FCR 406 Williams v Hunt [1905] 1 KB 512 Williams v John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, 20 November 1991, Hunt J, unreported) Yat Tung Investment Co Ltd v Heng Bank Ltd [1975] AC 581
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