NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: David Holmes v TCN Channel Nine Limited [2007] NSWDC 137
HEARING DATE(S): 22 June 2007
JUDGMENT DATE: 22 June 2007
JURISDICTION: Civil
JUDGMENT OF: Gibson DCJ
DECISION: 1. Defendant's application to strike out imputations (i) and (xiii) dismissed; 2. Imputation (xv) struck out with leave to replead with particulars of identification; 3. Costs reserved.
CATCHWORDS: Defamation - imputations - pleading - form and capacity
Defamation Act 2005, s8 Defamation Act 1974, s9(2) LEGISLATION CITED: Civil Procedure Act 2005, s56(1) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, Pt 14.30, 14.31(2), 14.32, 14.33, 14.34(2), 14.37(2), 14.38(1), 14.39(a), 14.40, Pt 15.19, 15.21 District Court Rules, Pt 49
Aboriginal Nations Pty Ltd v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd & West Australian Newspapers Limited [1998] ACTSC 125 Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspapers Limited (1998) 154 ALR 294 Cassidy v Daily Mirror Newspaper Ltd [1929] KB 331 Dare v Pulham (1982) 148 CLR 658 Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 52 Feros v West Sydney Radio Pty Limited & Anor (NSW Court of Appeal, unreported) Gardener v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 10 CASES CITED: General Steel Industries v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Harvey v John Fairfax Publications Pty Limited [2005] NSWCA 255 Hepburn v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [1983] 2 NSWLR 682 Hough v London Express Newspaper Limited [1940] 2 KB 507 Icon International Communications Pty Ltd & Ors v Nationwide News Pty Ltd & Ors [2005] ACTSC 110 John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd v Blake [2001] 53 NSWLR 541 John Finnin v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd & Anor (Supreme Court of NSW, 18 April 2007, unreported) Kutasi v Melbourne University Publishing Ltd t/a Melbourne University Press [2007] NSWDC 7 Mahomed v Channel Seven Sydney Pty Limited [2006] NSWCA 213 Sergi v Australian Broadcasting Commission [1983] 2 NSWLR 669
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